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Požega Railway Museum
Požega, Serbia

Požega Railway Museum

This open-air, narrow-gauge railway museum pays homage to the region's transportation history.
Laurel Grove School Museum
Alexandria, Virginia

Laurel Grove School Museum

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.
Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is one of several American museums whose collections include the remains of Black people.
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U.S. Museums Hold the Remains of Thousands of Black People

Cadavers from marginalized communities have been co-opted for collections since the 1700s.
Delande Justinvil and Chip Colwell April 12, 2021
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
White Springs, Florida

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”
Permanently Closed
Holiday, Florida

National Comedy Hall of Fame & Museum

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.
Westerly, Rhode Island

Living Sharks Museum

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.
Forbes Library
Northampton, Massachusetts

Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.
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Podcast: Gold Medal Flour

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 31, 2021
The Tower Clock Museum is the only one of it's kind.
Gdańsk, Poland

Tower Clock Museum

This museum in the tower of the oldest church in Gdańsk, is home to centuries-old time-keeping devices and the world's first pulsar clock.
Wood artisan Benedicto Tuki Tepano holding a rongorongo tablet.
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The Lost Language of Easter Island

A wooden fish could help linguists learn more about the writing system known as rongorongo.
Shafik Meghji March 24, 2021
Model railroad (detail).
Mahwah, New Jersey

Mahwah Museum

This 150-year-old train station and caboose have been turned into a railroad museum, enjoyed by young and old alike.
outsider art

Podcast: The Museum of Bad Art

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 17, 2021
Toronto, Ontario

Gordo the Barosaurus

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.
The "Bakauke Inari" shrine.
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The Ultimate Guide to the World's Food Museums

From pizza to potatoes, these 81 museums pay homage to food history.
Sam O'Brien March 11, 2021
Providence, Rhode Island

Nori the Dragon

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.
The portraits, including this one of a woman of the Arapahoe nation, were shot during the 1898 Indian Congress in Omaha, Nebraska.
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An Artist Reunites Members of the 1898 Indian Congress

In her work, Wendy Red Star reframes representation of Native Americans.
Winnie Lee March 3, 2021
The "Bakauke Inari" shrine.
Niigata, Japan

Niigata Rice Cracker Museum & Bakauke Inari

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.
'Villa of the Mysteries' Replica
Ann Arbor, Michigan

'Villa of the Mysteries' Replica

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.