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The studio's signature sign.
Kyoto, Japan

Ukiyoe Small Museum

A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.
The MegaZapper.
Bellingham, Washington

SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.
The watermill.
Frutillar, Chile

German Colonial Museum

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.
The Fiedler family poses in front of their home on Tongshan Road.
museums

The Hidden History of Shanghai's Jewish Quarter

As Hitler rose to power, the city welcomed refugees.
Courtney Lichterman June 13, 2018
The museum in 2012.
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.
The opah, ready for a photograph.
natural history museums

How Fish Meant for Market Might End Up in a Museum

Natural history curators and fishers have a deep relationship.
Paige Pfleger June 12, 2018
Artifacts and information inside the museum.
Juneau, Alaska

Last Chance Mining Museum

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.
Casa de Fusta.
Amposta, Spain

Casa de Fusta

This Canadian hunting lodge is a long way from home.
Reconstruction of a catapult.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Mongolian Military Museum

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.
Tlingit Indians wearing their regalia, Chilkat Indian village, Klukwan.
Haines, Alaska

Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.
Newport, Rhode Island

Arthur Ashe's Tennis Racket

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.
PEZ Visitor Center.
Orange, Connecticut

PEZ Visitor Center

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
An old Estey Organ Company factory space filled with donated reed organs.
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The Vermont Town That Has Way Too Many Organs

After decades of organ donation, Brattleboro is looking for new homes for old musical instruments.
Anna Kusmer May 31, 2018
Brattleboro, Vermont

Estey Organ Museum

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.
Ewing Township, New Jersey

The Sarnoff Collection

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.
London, England

Clown Egg Register

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.
South Wharf, Australia

Polly Woodside

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.
Nuclear Ship Savannah from the side, docked in Baltimore. Check out that elongated atomic design.
Baltimore, Maryland

Nuclear Ship Savannah

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.