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Museums

Guan Yu Statue.

Jingzhou, China

Guan Yu Statue

China has many statues of the general and war god, but none are as epic as this.

A machine for making fortune cookies on display.

Brooklyn, New York

Museum of Food and Drink

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

The taxidermy of "Alfred," a Western Lowland gorilla who ( in life ) once inhabited Bristol Zoo.

Bristol, England

Bristol Museum Natural History Collection

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

Camera Heritage Museum.

Staunton, Virginia

Camera Heritage Museum

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

Entrance to the museum.

Jalpan de Serra, Mexico

Museo Histórico de la Sierra Gorda (Historical Museum of the Sierra Gorda)

The building that houses this museum is as historic as its collection.

Naples Depot Museum

Naples, Florida

Naples Depot Museum

This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.

The museum has other letters, mementoes and equipment.

Brisbane, Australia

Museum of Lands, Mapping, and Surveying

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.

Juliet's sarcophagus.

'Juliet's Tomb'

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

The Toad King.

Nai Mueang, Thailand

Phaya Thaen Public Park

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.

View from the terrace.

Mexico City, Mexico

Rooftop Terrace at Museo del Estanquillo

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

Inside the scent-based mini-museum.

Reykjavik, Iceland

Fischersund

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

Musée Hergé.

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Musée Hergé (Hergé Museum)

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

Court Barn from Lee-on-Solent.

Chichester, England

Weald and Downland Living Museum

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

Front Museum Display Room.

Stratford, Connecticut

Connecticut Air & Space Center

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

The Commissariat from the vital Rover Brisbane side.

Brisbane, Australia

Commissariat Store

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

Colorful, design forward displays.

Museum of Package Culture

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

Nelli’s Christ and Saint John, restored.

A Nun's 450-Year-Old 'Last Supper' Makes Its Museum Debut in Florence

Plautilla Nelli was likely the first woman in history to paint the iconic biblical scene.

Karen Chernick October 17, 2019

Nelli’s Christ and Saint John, restored.

Florence, Italy

Plautilla Nelli’s 'Last Supper'

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.