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Museums

Skeleton fair.

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Don Sshinda Collection

An artisanal toy-maker’s works are highlighted in this museum dedicated to the craft of toys.

Lincoln, England

Prison Chapel at Lincoln Castle

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

Kolkja, Estonia

Chicory Museum

See tools once used for processing this coffee-substitute plant before sampling its flavor firsthand.

Museu do Pão

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

The Mark V Deep Diving Suit, the iconic commercial diving apparel.

Islamorada, Florida

History of Diving Museum

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

A slice-of-life display

Cuenca, Ecuador

Museo Pumapungo (Pumapungo Museum)

This museum’s collection includes rescued birds, fine art, and a collection of shrunken heads.

How Whopping Whale Skeletons Come to Life at 'Bonehenge'

“Every one of these animals has a story."

Megan Dohm December 5, 2019

Inside view of a representation of a communal structure from an Amazon village.

Museu do Homem do Norte (Northern Man Museum)

This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.

The Police Moose and sidekick

Toronto, Ontario

The Moose at the Toronto Police Museum

Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.

The Underground Railroad station

Danville, Kentucky

The Great American Dollhouse Museum

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

From summer 2018

Hinton, Alberta

Northern Rockies Museum of Culture and Heritage

This museum provides a personal and intimate journey through the history of the Northern Rockies.

VanDerBeek + VanDerBeek exhibition on view September 20, 2019 - January 4, 2020

Asheville, North Carolina

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

Thomas Wolfe Memorial

Asheville, North Carolina

Thomas Wolfe Memorial

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

Draugasetrid

Stokkseyri, Iceland

Draugasetrid

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

Removing horns can damage a specimen, such as this one that held a real horn in the Museum im Ritterhaus in Offenburg, Germany.

natural history museums

In Museums, Real Rhino Horns Are an Endangered Species

Natural history collections are topping their specimens with replicas.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 22, 2019

"Cultural Heroes."

Boston, Massachusetts

Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

objects of intrigue

Why Elite Romans Decorated Their Floors With Garbage

This mosaic is trash.

Amelia Soth November 22, 2019

Banting House.

London, Ontario

Banting House

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.