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Museums

The Dostoevsky Museum.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

F. M. Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Sheldon Peck's home today.

Lombard, Illinois

Sheldon Peck Homestead

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

Gold "Stuart crystal" mourning slide, England, late 17th century.

One of America's Largest Collections of Memento Mori Is for Sale

Once held at the Museum of Mourning Art, more than 150 pieces will go to auction.

Sarah Laskow November 14, 2017

Joplin, Missouri

National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

Behold the wonders of the Space Age Museum!

retrofuturistic

Inside Connecticut's Secret Museum of Retro-Future Oddities

Robots, rockets, and UFOs are all hiding in a quaint New England barn.

Eric Grundhauser November 13, 2017

Sample food at Sample Kobo.

Gujō-shi, Japan

Sample Kobo

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

A visitor to the Louvre is tempted by Canaletto's 18th-century painting "The Rialto Bridge in Venice."

Why Can't People Stop Touching Museum Exhibits?

After years of watching, one researcher thinks she's got the answer.

Cara Giaimo November 10, 2017

Close up of the light bulb

Edison, New Jersey

Menlo Park Lightbulb

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

Szafarnia, Poland

The Chopin Centre in Szafarnia

The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.

The Atrium where you can hear the sounds of Majesty and Divinity, Prince's doves.

Chanhassen, Minnesota

Paisley Park

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

"Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Museum visitors aren't going to be able to see the grasshopper parts, but they're there.

Found: A Grasshopper Embedded in a Van Gogh

One of the perils of painting outdoors.

Vittoria Traverso November 8, 2017

Brumadinho, Brazil

Inhotim Museum

The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

The original Woolworth lunch counter is largely intact at the museum.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Marco Island, Florida

The Key Marco Cat Statue

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

The cage on display in 2015.

objects of intrigue

The Hanging Cage That Held an Infamous Québec Murderess

It had been all but forgotten for most of the 20th century.

Eric Grundhauser November 2, 2017

A selection of lamps on display.

Bruges, Belgium

Lumina Domestica

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Paul Broste Rock Museum

Parshall, North Dakota

Paul Broste Rock Museum

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.