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Museum John M. Mossman Lock Collection — 20 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036

The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York is home to the John M. Mossman Lock Collection, likely the world's largest collection of antique bank locks.

15th Mar 2026, 11:38 pm · museums
Combination Lock - catalog page 127, Combination Revolving Bolt Lock, page 130, Combination Lock, also page 130 - each lock is made of brass and looks complicated and robust
Museum The New York Earth Room — 141 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012

On the second floor of 141 Wooster Street in New York's SoHo district there is a 3,600 square foot room filled with earth - 280,000 pounds of it, first installed in 1977 and maintained there ever since.

4th Mar 2026, 10:48 pm · museums
Photo of a flyer showing a photograph of the Earth Room - a glass wall about two feet high holds back a large file of dirt in a white room.
Museum The Museum of Jurassic Technology — 9341 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
8th Dec 2025, 2:07 am · museums
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Museum The Musical Museum — 399 High St, Brentford TW8 0DU, United Kingdom
21st Sep 2025, 2:45 am · museums
Two wooden cabinet orchestrions side by side, one has a lot of pipes, one has two visible drums. A green gramophone horn sits between them.
Museum Coutellerie Nontronnaise — Place Paul Bert, 24300 Nontron
10th Sep 2025, 2:02 pm · museums
The entrance to the Coutellerie Nontronnaise - a striking wooden plank frontage showing the name and the iconic Nontron arch logo.
Museum V&A East Storehouse — Parkes Street, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney Wick, London, E20 3AX
27th Aug 2025, 12:49 pm · museums
Three levels of glass walkways through the storehouse, museum exhibits everywhere, the facade of a brutalist residential estate hangs near the middle of the photo.
Museum The Vincent and Ethel Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection — 1825 Chapel Hill Road, Durham, NC 27707

Vincent Simonetti collected his first historic tuba - a ~1910 Cerveny BB-flat Helicon - in Boston in 1965, while playing tuba on tour with the Moyseev Ballet Company. Today the collection has grown to more than 350 tubas, and is now the largest private collection in the world that is dedicated exclusively to members of the tuba family.

27th Sep 2024, 10:14 pm · museums
Over a dozen varied tubas in excellent condition, each with a neat label.
Museum Pioneer Memorial Museum — 300 N Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
21st Apr 2023, 11:35 pm · museums
A grand building with Pioneer Memorial Museum written in gold letters along the top, and a plaque in front of it reading Headquarters International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Museum Misalignment Museum — 1699 3rd St. San Francisco, CA, 94158
16th Apr 2023, 3:42 am · museums
A sign above the gallery wall reads Sorry for killing most of humanity
Museum Mattie Leeds Sculpture Garden — 7258 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
12th Apr 2023, 4:24 am · museums
Pots, pots - so many beautiful pots. They are enormous, and brightly coloured, and jumbled together in an outdoor space.
Museum Golden State Model Railroad Museum — 900-A Dornan Drive, Point Richmond, CA 94801
13th Aug 2022, 10:07 pm · museums
A multi-level model railway layout in a well lit warehouse, with a huge model mountain on the left hand side
Museum Mendenhall's Museum of Gasoline Pumps & Petroliana — 24 Zaca St, Buellton CA, 93427
16th May 2022, 3:59 am · museums
A beautiful collection of old gasoline pumps
Museum Paso Robles Pioneer Museum — 2010 Riverside Ave, Paso Robles, CA 93446
7th May 2022, 5:31 pm · museums
Indoor replicas of shops and businesses, including a huge 1/3 replica of the old El Paso de Robles Hotel
Museum Moffett Field Historical Society — Building 126, Severyns Ave, Moffett Field, CA 94035
14th Apr 2022, 3:32 pm · museums
A diorama showing the scale of the USS Macon airship
Museum Shakespeare Society of America — 7981 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039
3rd Jan 2022, 1:45 am · museums
A two story orange-pink-brown building with a sign that says Shakespeare Socity of America, New Shakespeare Sanctuary
Museum Hiller Aviation Museum — 601 Skyway Road, San Carlos, CA 94070
20th Aug 2021, 6:55 pm · museums
A red biplane in the museum.
Museum Hearst Castle — 750 Hearst Castle Road, San Simeon, CA 93452
2nd Feb 2020, 7:46 am · museums
Hearst Castle.
Museum The Marine Mammal Center — 2000 Bunker Road, Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, CA 94965
25th Jan 2020, 6:54 am · museums
Some patients at the Marine Mammal Center.
Museum Ray Bandar's Bone Palace — Marietta Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127
18th Jan 2020, 6:30 am · museums
A basement full of skulls.
Museum New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum — 724 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
17th Jan 2020, 5:41 am · museums
An altar in the voodoo museum.
Museum Cleveland Hungarian Museum — Galleria at Erieview, 1301 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 44114
16th Jan 2020, 1:32 am · museums
The outside of the museum, in the mall.
Museum The ruins of Llano del Rio — Llano, CA 93544
15th Jan 2020, 4:27 am · museums
The ruins of Llano del Rio.
Museum Palace of Fine Arts — 3601 Lyon St, San Francisco, CA 94123
14th Jan 2020, 7:10 am · museums
The Palace of Fine Arts, from across the lake.
Museum Anja Community Reserve — Manambolo, Madagascar
13th Jan 2020, 6:55 am · museums
Ring-tailed lemurs sitting on a rock.
Museum Donner Memorial State Park Visitor Center — 12593 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161
12th Jan 2020, 7:53 am · museums
Donner Memorial State Park Visitor Center
Museum Fort Point — Long Avenue & Marine Drive, San Francisco, CA 94129
11th Jan 2020, 2:42 am · museums
Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge.
Museum Museo de las Misiones de Baja California — Salvatierra 16, Centro, 23880 Loreto, Mexico
10th Jan 2020, 6:14 am · museums
The entrance to the museum.
Museum Bevolo Gas Light Museum — 521 Conti Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
9th Jan 2020, 6:44 am · museums
Gas lamps.
Museum Jelly Belly Factory — 1 Jelly Belly Lane, Fairfield, CA 94533
8th Jan 2020, 4:34 am · museums
Jelly bean portraits.
Museum Cohen Bray House — 1440 29th Ave, Oakland, CA 94601
6th Jan 2020, 11:26 pm · museums
The Cohen Bray House.

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