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Whether you're planning a bucket-list trip or looking for the perfect rainy-day activity, these editor-approved museums are destinations you'll never forget.

We love museums devoted to art, history, and science as much as the next person—but sometimes, our curiosity demands quirkier territory.

If you ever dreamed of being Ben Stiller in “Night at the Museum”, we’ve got the next best thing.

A sausage roll is stealing the spotlight at Madame Tussauds, marking a tasty first for the famous wax museum.

“Don’t touch the art” is a simple rule stated at almost every gallery and museum in the world—yet for some reason, there are some who ignore it, and they’ve left a trail of mangled artwork in their wake.

A clever team at Canada’s Museum of Natural History built a LEGO mobility aid to help a turtle named Root move around with ease.

Peer into Harriet Tubman‘s father’s home via the Maryland Department of Transportation‘s new virtual museum.

In 1866, Kennicott was found dead near the Yukon River. It would be 150 years before anyone knew why.

People donate artwork, objects, and even money to the institution of their choice. But sometimes, museums and galleries wind up receiving something odd—or something fairly normal, but with strange stipulations attached.

Wisconsin's USS ‘Cobia’ offers guests a living history lesson via Airbnb.

The Shanghai Museum‘s “Meowseum Nights” allowed cats to witness their history.

Some of history's most notorious forgeries include a Vermeer that tricked a Nazi and a fake sculpture by Michelangelo.

Learn everything there is to know about Tim Burton’s career.

You might want to keep this handy on your next vacation.

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, no institution is safe from terrible reviews.

Traveling can be expensive, but tourist attractions in these cities cost a grand total of nothing.

Here’s another reason to add Japan to your bucket list: a Nintendo museum just opened in the country.

The museum’s benefactor eventually became part of its collection.

If you can’t make it to Egypt, head to Washington, D.C., where “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures” puts visitors inside the artifact-stuffed rooms of King Tut’s tomb.

Bodybuilder Eugen Sandow delighted Victorian audiences with his toned physique and weightlifting skills. But his statue at the British Museum didn’t last long.