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A night at the museum? We'd need YEARS of exploration to get through all of these lovely homes of art, antiquity and ingenuity.
Seville, Spain
Royal Alcazar of Seville
This "Chameleon" palace is the oldest royal residence still in use in Europe.
Edinburgh, Scotland
National Museum of Scotland
The national museum where one can find marvelous machinations, Dolly the cloned sheep....and possibly a Hoodwink?
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
This Philadelphia museum is the oldest in the United States, and home to a prestigious art school for gifted, aspiring artists eager to hone their craft.
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Stampa-Coltura, Switzerland
Palazzo Castelmur
Gone for centuries, a family returned back to its ancestral home.
Angoulême, France
Musée d’Angoulême
Twenty-four centuries later, one precious item is the premier item in the Musée d’Angoulême. But is it the real relic or just a replica?
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art
This art museum is located in the former vacation home of billionaire tobacco heiress Doris Duke.
Tallinn, Estonia
Kadriorg Palace
This palace was built by Peter the Great as a gift for his second wife Catherine.
Zürich, Switzerland
Landesmuseum
A modern castle full of Swiss treasures, including an ancient statue discovered amongst a pile of bones.
Venice, Italy
Museo Storico Navale di Venezia
This museum holds the last piece of a legendary Venetian ship, that coud soon be reborn.
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Yazd, Iran
Yazd Science Museum
The biology section exhibits life at all its stages, from embryo formation to a roughly 800-year-old woman’s skeleton.
Wimborne Minister, United Kingdom
Kingston Lacy
This regal estate contained an Egyptian obelisk that helped decipher the Rosetta stone.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Dating from 1656, the building is a wonder of the waters, planted on a man-made island that was created by sinking 1,800 piles of wood into the silty sea floor below.
Zwentendorf, Austria
Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant
The power of public resistance remains its most profound exhibit.
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Gartner Auditorium
A grand organ's renovated concert space is housed in an unexpected institution.
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Lewes, Delaware, United States
Lightship Overfalls
Despite the sci-fi sounding name, this lightship is a rare homage to how ships are protected in deep or onerous terrain where it is difficult to construct lighthouses.
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Le Locle, Switzerland
Château des Monts
Passed down through generations of watchmakers, this Chateau now houses a clock museum.
Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Burroughs Home & Gardens
A mansion that hosted a cast of characters that were the envy of all Ft. Myers.
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New York, New York, United States
American Museum of Natural History
That spirit of exploration is shared by museum goers, as they’re invited to observe 45 permanent exhibition halls—including one dedicated to the extraordinary achievements of intrepid polar explorer.
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New York, New York, United States
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
David Webb found his muse by frequenting the Met.
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Washington DC, United States
Fellows Building – Dumbarton Oaks
Intellectual debates and lively parties were enjoyed at this residence for Harvard research fellows.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Carpenters’ Hall
This assembly hall has played host to a slew of visitors from rebellious revolutionaries to notorious bank robbers.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
A cutting edge contemporary art museum that once was centuries deep in Danish riches and royalty.
Rochester, New York, United States
George Eastman Museum
He not only invented roll film, his coined slogan told the success story simply and pointedly, ‘You push the button, we do the rest.’
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Turin, Italy
Historic Line 7
This "moving museum" offers tours of the ancient city of Turin by historic tram car.
Nice, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice
Jules Chéret was painter and lithographer who had a widespread impact on the city and French culture and some may say he was the father of the modern poster.
Istanbul, Turkey
Topkapı Palace
Home to the Spoonmaker's Diamond, the fourth largest diamond in the world.
Washington DC, United States
Hillwood Estate
A mid-1950s Estate belonging to the heir of an American cereal empire showcases a lifestyle of 18th century European décor while also providing a space for the occasional philanthropic party…or two.
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Washington DC, United States
The Renwick Gallery
Became the first museum intentionally designed for art to "encourage American genius," and so was dubbed the "American Louvre" to establish Washington as the cultural center of the nation.
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Washington DC, United States
Larz Anderson House
Once described as a “Florentine villa in the midst of American independence,” this turn-of-the-20th century aristocratic mansion was built in a European state of mind with its dominating English and Italian influences.
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Brighton, United Kingdom
Royal Pavilion
This museum was originally built as a summer palace for King George IV.
Ontario, Canada
Rideau Street Chapel
Originally built in 1888, the Rideau Street Chapel is now housed in the National Gallery of Canada.
Aveiro, Portugal
Museu Arte Nova
The Museu Art Nova celebrates the history and prominence Art Nouveau style of architecture in Aveiro.