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New York, New York
Hispanic Society Museum and Library
This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.
museums and collections
Liberia Wants Its Cultural Artifacts Back, Please
The country is struggling to fill its renovated national museum because so many items are exhibited elsewhere.
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Meet the 2017 Nominees for the National Toy Hall of Fame
Transformers, Risk, and sand are among the potential honorees.
Pinhal Novo, Portugal
Museum of Mechanical Music
This architectural beauty is the home to a personal collection of more than 600 examples of mechanical musical instruments.
Boulder, Colorado
Media Archaeology Lab
A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.
Cardston, Alberta
Remington Carriage Museum
One of the largest collections of carriages, buggies, and wagons in the world.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Clowns' Gallery and Museum
Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.
Forks, Washington
John's Beachcombing Museum
One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Sam Maloof House
A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.
Memphis, Tennessee
Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art
The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.
Riga, Latvia
The World of Hat
A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.
Venice, Italy
Scuola Grande di San Marco
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Kimball, South Dakota
South Dakota Tractor Museum
An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.
Salzburg, Austria
Welt der Gifte
At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.
Smithfield, Virginia
World’s Oldest Edible Ham
The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."
Tampere, Finland
Lenin Museum
The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
The Unabomber's Cabin
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
Jefferson City, Missouri
Missouri State Penitentiary
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
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