Museums and Collections

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

The now-public home of a renowned art collector is full of unique pieces from viceregal and 19th-century Mexico.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.

A little-known museum of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek artifacts.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

Feast your eyes upon hundreds of Nepal's native butterflies and moths.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'