Get to know a city or region by the artifacts preserved for you to view in museums around the world, here are stories about the world's best museums. We seek out the best museums in every city we visit, you'll find dozens of profiles and lots of photos of the treasures inside them.
A family outing to the Seabees Museum in Ventura Beach and enjoying ice cream and a rock and roll show on the Pier in this classic California beach town.
The Constitution Center is the place to go to learn all about how the US government came to be through a variety of activities for visitors of all ages.
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Massachusetts has a world-class collection of art, historic artifacts and lots of room for activities and to enjoy the art
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View CA, is committed to the preservation and presentation of the artifacts and stories of the Information Age.
Lubbock, Texas–Not a sleepy west Texas town–instead, home of a rock ‘n’ roll icon, a prairie dog village, windmill history, lots of public art.
Museo Galileo is a lesser known museum in Florence, Italy for anyone trying to avoid the large crowds of tourists and long lines during their trip.
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas’ top cultural attraction, is becoming even more exciting this summer with the addition of new exhibits.
The addition of Georgia to the US Civil Rights Trail has added eleven important sites that help tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement in the US.
In a modest house in Irving, Texas, JFK’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, lived quietly with his wife and daughter and Ruth Paine. You can visit Paine’s house.
Avery Island, Louisiana has been the home to McIlhenny family’s Tabasco empire since 1868. Today there is a new on-site restaurant called 1868, and a full museum to go with the factory tour.
B.B. King, the legendary blues guitarist who died in 2015, built a museum in his hometown of Indianola, Indiana, where many of his treasures are on display and where his grave is located.
A third Louvre, after the famous museums in Paris and in Northern France, opened in November 017. The Louvre Abu Dhabi will be a museum for the world with treasures from Paris and many other works of priceless art.
Spain’s Extremadura region is famous for Iberico pork and its peppers. These peppers are slowly smoked to create another delightful Spanish spice: paprika. There’s even a museum devoted to the spice. The author, Jackie Sheckler Finch, shares a recipe for the Spanish dish migas.
Spyscape is the newest attraction in New York City’s midtown, where you learn all about spies and become immersed in an interactive game of treachery.
The Guinness Factory at St James Gate is the most popular tourist attraction in Ireland, not only because the beer is so famous, but the interactive displays and history is very interesting and the tour includes beer samples.
Gulliver’s Gate is a spectacular new exhibit in New York City’s Times Square. It’s an entire world of miniatures, with realistic buildings, people, cars, and natural wonders.
Two new museums opened in Vevey, Switzerland, and they’re too interesting to be called museums. Chaplin’s World and The Nest, about Nestle Co.
One of America’s most stunning art museums is located in the small town of Bentonville, Arkansas. The Crystal Bridges Museum holds $500 million in artwork.