Museums and Collections

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

Home of the golf club used by Alan Shepard on the moon, and more artifacts from the sport's history.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.