Museums and Collections

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

The link between these two seemingly disparate themes is crucial to the history of this Tuscan hill town.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

A museum honoring Germany’s cucumber mecca offers a great dill of gherkin history.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

A unique collection of Swiss art brut and naïve art displayed in an old warehouse.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

A vast personal collection of World War II artifacts unearthed over many years by a father-son duo.

Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.