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Museums

Québec City, Québec

Îlot des Palais

An archeological museum hosting some surprising Egyptian artifacts.

Taiwan Stock Musuem

Learn all about Taiwanese financial history from inside a former high-security vault.

Odunpazarı, Turkey

Lületaşı Müzesi (Meerschaum Museum)

A museum celebrating the mineral used to make ornate, carved tobacco pipes.

South Pasadena, California

South Pasadena Historical Museum

This building has lived several lives and now houses the history of South Pasadena.

Toucheng, Taiwan

Lanyang Museum

With a design inspired by the local cuesta rock formations, this museum serves as a gateway to Yilan’s history and geography.

Portumna, Ireland

Irish Workhouse Centre

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMoMA - The Snail Museum of Miniature Art

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

The Explorer’s Guide Wyoming’s Captivating History

Discover a world of hidden history in the Cowboy State.

Sponsored by Wyoming Tourism

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Dutch Pinball Museum

This museum features over 100 playable pinball machines, some dating back to the 1850s.

Maidstone, England

Iguanodon Statue

A reminder of the dinosaur skeleton discovered in a local quarry.

Museo San Colombano – Collezione Tagliavini

Historic harpsichords, clavichords, organs, pianos, and more inside a deconsecrated church.

Toronto, Ontario

Friar’s Music Museum

A free museum of Toronto’s untold music history hidden inside a drugstore.

The electric blue plumage of the male Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise (<em>Lophorina superba</em>).

ornithology collections

Birds-of-Paradise Can Emit Light Through Their Feathers

Scientists have found that many of the species known for their spectacular plumage are biofluorescent, meaning they absorb and release light through their bodies.

Nicola Davis February 18, 2025

Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica (International Museum and Library of Music)

Featuring one of the oldest collections of historic musical literature in the world.

San Rafael, California

Museum of International Propaganda

Built from one couple’s vast personal collection, this free museum showcases a century’s worth of state-sponsored agitprop.

Olomouc, Czechia

Bunker of Civil Defence (Kryt Civilní Ochrany)

This former atomic bunker is now the Olomouc Institute of Remembrance, telling stories of the communist era.

Bad Muskau, Germany

‘Pineapple! The Queen of Fruits in Muskau Park’

This permanent exhibition showcases the historical significance and cultivation of pineapples.

Los Cerrillos, New Mexico

Museum of Encaustic Art

This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.