Collections

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

Explore the history of recorded sound at the world's third largest collection of Edison memorabilia.

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

The world's foremost museum dedicated entirely to the abacus.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.