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Museums

Campeche, Mexico

Fuerte de San Miguel

A Spanish Colonial fort now houses an archeology museum.

Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

Underwater Museum of Art

Interact with jury-selected works of art at this Gulf Coast underwater museum.

Designed by English sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, models of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals were destined for Central Park's never-realized Paleozoic Museum.

The Bizarre True Story of Central Park’s Doomed Victorian Dinosaur Museum

For centuries, the infamous Boss Tweed was blamed for destroying its dino-models—but what really happened is even weirder.

Sarah Durn August 3, 2023

Eastriggs, Scotland

The Devil's Porridge

The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.

Orca pods can develop their own cultures that result in distinctive behaviors, including cooperation with humans.

The Killer Whales of Eden and the 'Law of the Tongue'

Orcas and humans once hunted together in southeastern Australia, until their millennia-old relationship broke down.

Roxanne Hoorn October 11, 2023

Kendal, England

Kendal’s Smallest Windows

Two minuscule windows are tucked inside this medieval building.

10 Unexpected Delights of Vermont's Arts and Culture Scene

Human-powered political puppets, a hilltop chapel for dogs, the only library in the U.S. with no books, and the only opera house with no stage.

Sponsored By Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing

Horse Cave, Kentucky

Hidden River Cave

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

Migné-Auxances, France

Musée d'Art Populaire

An enormous collection of cars, figurines, signs, puppets, strollers and other collectibles.

Banknote Museum of the Ionian Bank

The history of Greece is illustrated through banknotes.

Mexico City, Mexico

Museo Archivo de la Fotografía (Photography Archive Museum)

To make itself stand out in a city renowned for its numerous museums, this photographic archive resorts to immersively-themed exhibitions.

Twelve Pound Howitzer

In the courtyard of a popular museum stands a piece of artillery from 1859.

Podcast: The Coffee Palace

A majestic building was once the center of the coffee trade.

The Podcast Team July 17, 2023

Museum of Historic Trains

A thorough look at the development and history of the underground's rolling stock of the Madrid subway system.

Matewan, West Virginia

West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Dedicated to the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War.

Otaru Orgel Museum

This dazzling three-story shop showcases the art and history of music boxes, a popular novelty in Japan.

Asunción, Paraguay

MUSA Museum of Chairs Asuncion

A beautiful museum filled with thousands of chairs.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Muzium Telekom (Telecom Museum)

Malaysia's first interactive museum.