Museums and Collections

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

This indiscriminate collection of audio antiques is trying to preserve the history of the audio industry one vintage appliance at a time.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

This jam-packed Singapore antique museum preserves the fading remnants of a uniquely mixed culture.

Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The Titanic sails again in one Scotland man's backyard.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.