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Museum Barometer World — Quicksilver Barn, Merton, Okehampton, Devon EX20 3DS
7th Nov 2019, 4:47 pm · museums
A barometer
Museum Ilfracombe Museum — Wilder Road, Ilfracombe, EX34 8AF, United Kingdom
6th Nov 2019, 8:41 pm · museums
Old wedding cakes
Museum Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre — The Fairground Heritage Centre, Milford, Lifton, Devon, PL16 0AT, UK
5th Nov 2019, 3:17 pm · museums
Dodgems at Dingles
Museum Autoservicio Condorito — Avenue Arístides Villanueva 644, M5500 Mendoza, Argentina
4th Nov 2019, 10:42 am · museums
Much taxidermy.
Museum Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum — 500 Northeast Captain Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR 97128
3rd Nov 2019, 11:37 am · museums
The Spruce Goose.
Museum Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter — 2560 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
2nd Nov 2019, 10:24 pm · museums
Some taxidermy birds.
Museum Mardi Gras World — 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, LA 70130
2nd Nov 2019, 2:56 pm · museums
An artist working on a piece for a float
Museum DEVIL-ish Little Things — 3409 L Street, Vancouver, Washington
1st Nov 2019, 9:32 pm · museums
A trio of devilish mugs.
Museum Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée — 2 Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
31st Oct 2019, 5:58 pm · museums
It really does have a lot of skeletons.
Museum David Rumsey Map Center — Bing Wing, Green Library, 459 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
30th Oct 2019, 8:54 pm · museums
A room full of maps.
Museum Pirates Museum — 103, Rue de Liège, Tsaralalàna, PRIORI travels, 4th floor, Boîte Post BP-273, Antananarivo, 101, Madagascar
29th Oct 2019, 3:51 pm · museums
Pirate paraphernalia.
Museum Novelty Automation — 1a Princeton Street, London, WC1R 4AX
28th Oct 2019, 4:54 pm · museums
The microbreak holiday simulator.
Museum International Art Museum of America — 1023 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
28th Oct 2019, 12:13 pm · museums
A plaque with an effervescent caption.
Museum The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum — 461 Brookside Village Way, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
28th Oct 2019, 4:01 am · museums
Shelves full of salt and pepper shakers
Museum The Gregangelo Museum — 225 San Leandro Way, San Francisco, CA 94127
25th Oct 2019, 7:23 pm · museums
A weird alien bed
Museum California State Railroad Museum — 111 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
25th Oct 2019, 5:23 am · museums
A lovely old timey train
Museum Hyde Street Pier

This historic ferry pier now hosts a collection of ships, including an 1886 square rigged sailing ship (the Balclutha), a 1907 steam tugboat (the Hercules) and Eureka, a side-wheel paddle steamboat built in 1890 which is now the largest existing wooden ship in the world.

24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
Looking down the pier at the Eureka
Museum Museum of Russian Culture — 2450 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94115
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
Museum Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia — 214 California Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
Six antique Pez dispensers on display
Museum The American Bookbinders Museum — 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
The outside of the bookbinders museum.
Museum Bigfoot Discovery Museum — 5497 Highway 9, Felton, CA 95018
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
Proprietor Michael behind his desk, covered in Bigfoot paraphernalia
Museum Musée Mécanique

Unique collection of antique coin-operated arcade games, orchestrions and other artefacts, some of them over 100 years old.

24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
Mechanical circus at Musée Mécanique
Museum Jehning Lock Museum — 175 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
Museum Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum — 1660 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
The architecture of the museum has an ancient Egyptian flavor
Museum The Bay Model — 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
A portion of the Bay Model
Museum Santa Cruz Surfing Museum — 701 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
Museum Nike Missile Site SF-88 — Field Road, Sausalito, CA 94965
24th Oct 2019, 4:32 am · museums
A nuclear missile inside the bunker

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