Museums

A blast from the past in central San Diego.

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

A community heritage center on an overlooked island in the Sierra Leone River estuary.

An Akita-themed facility modeled after the old Shibuya Station, erected in honor of Hachiko, a famously loyal dog.

The world’s oldest military museum has remained largely unchanged since the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Pittsburgh’s largest and most detailed model train display began as one WWI veteran’s hobby.

A Swansea industrial estate hides a sanctuary to that most humble mode of public transport: the bus.

Three hangars filled with meticulously restored aircraft and armored vehicles.

Weave yourself into over a thousand years of history at this textiles museum through demonstrations and a hands-on hataori experience on a traditional loom.

The birthplace of a tobacco empire.

A living lighting fixture.

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

This bullfighting museum is part of a bullfighting coliseum (plaza de toros) built in the 18th century.

A desert community’s history is captured by this collection of artifacts and memorabilia.

A tile mosaic displaying a saying from the prophet Muhammad presents the mission of Durham University's Oriental Museum.

This entire museum is dedicated to a single smelly delicacy.