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Husavik, Iceland
Sigurgeirs Bird Museum
Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Museum of Osteology and Skulls Unlimited
Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."
Paris, France
Grande Galerie de l'Évolution
Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.
Dublin, Ireland
Natural History Building, National Museum of Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
Shirley, Illinois
Funk Gem and Mineral Museum
Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Museo Del Ambar (Amber Museum)
Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Zoological Museum
The Natural History Museum that time forgot.
London, England
Hunterian Museum
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
Adelaide, Australia
South Australian Museum
The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.
Delta, Utah
Trilobite Quarry
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Paris, France
The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Norman, Oklahoma
Pentaceratops Skull
The largest land animal skull ever discovered.
Riga, Latvia
The Very Old Oak Tree
A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.
Bournemouth, England
Bournemouth Natural Science Society
Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.
Oxford, England
Pitt Rivers Museum
Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.
Bangor, Maine
International Cryptozoology Museum
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Nantes, France
Nantes' Natural History Museum
Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.
Zhongshan, China
Foraminifera Sculpture Park
Unusual outdoor collection of sculptures.
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