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Museum Links
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Museum Spot
(http://www.museumspot.com/, 11-06-2008)
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An online directory of museums.
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The Hermitage
(http://www.thehermitage.com/, 11-05-2008)
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The home of President Andrew Jackson, located in Hermitage, Tennessee.
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James K. Polk Home
(http://www.jameskpolk.com, 11-05-2008)
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The ancestral home of President James K. Polk, located in Columbia, Tennessee.
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Science Museum
(http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/, 11-05-2008)
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This museum, located in London, was founded in 1857.
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The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange
(http://www.memphiscottonmuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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The former Cotton Exchange in Memphis has been preserved as a museum dedicated to chronicling the lasting effects of the King Cotton culture in the South.
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Belle Mead Plantation
(http://www.bellemeadeplantation.com/, 11-05-2008)
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A restored former plantation home, located in Nashville.
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Belmont Mansion
(http://www.belmontmansion.com, 11-05-2008)
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The elaborate home of Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham, located on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville.
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National Park Service
(http://www.nps.gov/, 11-05-2008)
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The official website of the National Park Service, covering every national park in the United States.
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Ontario Science Center
(http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/, 11-05-2008)
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The website of the Ontario Science Center.
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British Museum
(http://www.britishmuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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The British national museum of human history, with more than seven million objects in its collection.
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The National Gallery
(http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/, 11-05-2008)
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British national art museum, containing over 2300 works from the mid-13th century to 1900.
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National Portrait Gallery
(http://www.npg.org.uk, 11-05-2008)
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An art gallery focusing on portraits of famous and influential British people.
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Natural History Museum
(http://www.nhm.ac.uk//, 11-05-2008)
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Located in London, this museum of natural history has over 70 million specimens, covering plants, animals, minerals, and prehistoric life.
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Tate
(http://www.tate.org.uk/, 11-05-2008)
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A network of four art galleries, containing British and modern art.
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Exploratorium
(http://www.exploratorium.edu/, 11-05-2008)
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Large, interactive science museum, located in San Francisco.
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National Zoo
(http://nationalzoo.si.edu/, 11-05-2008)
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America's national zoo, located in Washington, D.C. and part of the Smithsonian Institute.
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Virtual Smithsonian
(http://2k.si.edu/, 11-05-2008)
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The Smitsonian's site giving online access to much of its extensive collection.
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Louvre
(http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en, 11-05-2008)
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The official English website of the famous French art museum.
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Anne Frank House
(http://www.annefrank.org, 11-05-2008)
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The Secret Annex where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, located in Amsterdam.
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Hockey Hall of Fame
(http://www.hhof.com/, 11-05-2008)
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Hall of fame honoring famous and influential people in ice hockey.
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National Gallery of Canada
(http://www.gallery.ca, 11-05-2008)
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Canadian museum of art, focusing on Canadian artists but including art from around the world.
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Seattle Art Museum
(http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/default.asp, 11-05-2008)
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Art museum in Seattle.
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Uffizi Gallery
(http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/musei/uffizi/Default.asp, 11-05-2008)
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One of the oldest art museums in the world, located in a palazzo in Florence, Italy.
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Vatican Museums
(http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Musei.html, 11-05-2008)
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Website of the museums located at the Vatican.
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National Museum of Women in the Arts
(http://www.nmwa.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Located in Washington, D.C., this museum is dedicated to the contributions women have made in the fine arts and has a collection with over 3500 pieces.
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Monticello
(http://explorer.monticello.org/, 11-05-2008)
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The home of President Thomas Jefferson.
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The Mariners' Museum
(http://www.mariner.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Maritime museum located in Newport News, Virginia.
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National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/home.htm, 11-05-2008)
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America's national art museum, located in Washington, D.C.
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The Field Museum
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Natural history museum located in Chicago.
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The British Library
(http://www.bl.uk/index.shtml, 11-05-2008)
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Online companion to Britain's national library, with part of the collection available online.
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The Oriental Institute
(http://oi.uchicago.edu/, 11-05-2008)
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Research institute dedicated to the ancient Near East, located in Chicago.
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United States Holocaust Museum
(http://www.ushmm.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum dedicated to preserving evidence and memories of the Holocaust, located in Washington, D.C.
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Museum of Tolerance
(http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/c.juLVJ8MRKtH/b.1580483/, 11-05-2008)
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Los Angeles museum focusing on the Holocaust, but including exhibits on various biases.
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Cartoon Art Museum
(http://cartoonart.org/index.html, 11-05-2008)
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Art museum located in San Francisco focusing on cartoon art.
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Computer History Museum
(http://www.computerhistory.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum containing exhibts on the hitory of computers and their development.
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Pro Football Hall of Fame
(http://www.profootballhof.com/, 11-05-2008)
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Hall of fame and museum dedicated to professional football, located in Canton, Ohio.
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U.S. Space and Rocket Center
(http://www.spacecamp.com/museum/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum of American space exploration located in Huntsville, Alabama.
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College Football Hall of Fame
(http://www.collegefootball.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum dedicated to college football, located in South Bend, Indiana.
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Nashville Parks and Recreation
(http://www.nashville.gov/parks/, 11-05-2008)
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Website for the parks that are within the Metro Parks and Recreation Department of Nashville.
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Tennessee State Museum
(http://www.tnmuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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History museum focusing on the state of Tennessee, located in Nashville.
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Lane Motor Museum
(http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum of unusual cars and motorcycles located in Nashville.
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National Civil Rights Museum
(http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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American museum of the Civil Rights movement, located in Memphis.
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Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
(http://www.indianartsandculture.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Located in Santa Fe, this museum displays art and cultural artifacts of American Indians.
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COSI
(http://www.cosi.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Center of Science and Industry, a science museum located in Columbus, Ohio.
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Carnegie Museums of Pittsburg
(http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/, 11-05-2008)
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System of museums in Pittsburg, including a science museum, a museum of natural history, an art museum, and a museum of contemporary art and popular culture.
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Jamestown Settlement
(http://www.historyisfun.org/Jamestown-Settlement.htm, 11-05-2008)
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Living history museum of Jamestown, the first permanent settlement of Europeans in America.
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Denver Art Museum
(http://www.denverartmuseum.org/home, 11-05-2008)
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Denver's art museum.
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The Getty
(http://www.getty.edu/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum of Western art located in Pacific Palisades, California.
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Museum of the Rockies
(http://www.museumoftherockies.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Located at Montana State University, this museum houses natural history, cultural, and artistic artifacts of Montana and the Rocky Mountains.
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Atomic Testing Museum
(http://www.atomictestingmuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum related to the Nevada Test Site, where many of America's nuclear weapons tests were carried out.
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Egyptian Museum
(http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/, 11-05-2008)
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Also known as the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, this museum, located in Cairo, has the world's largest collection of artifacts from ancient Egypt.
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Tokyo National Museum
(http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=X00&processId=00, 11-05-2008)
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The national museum of Japan.
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Irish Museum of Modern Art
(http://www.modernart.ie/en/index.htm, 11-05-2008)
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Irish national museum of modern and contemporary art.
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Plimouth Plantation
(http://www.plimoth.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Living history museum depicting a Pilgrim settlement.
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Museum of African American History
(http://www.afroammuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Focuses on the history of African Americans in New England, and located in Boston and Nantucket.
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Arab American National Museum
(http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Arab Americans.
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Muhammad Ali Center
(http://www.alicenter.org/Pages/default.aspx, 11-05-2008)
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An education center dedicated to Muhammad Ali, located in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
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National Corvette Museum
(http://corvettemuseum.com/, 11-05-2008)
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Museum exhibiting hundreds of corvettes, located near the world's only corvette factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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National Museum of Mexican Art
(http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/, 11-05-2008)
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Located in Chicago, this museum is dedicated to preserving art by Mexican artists from prehistory to the present.
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The Wing Luke Asian Museum
(http://www.wingluke.org/, 11-06-2008)
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Museum dedicated to the culture, art and history of Asian Pacific Americans.
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National Civil War Museum
(http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/, 11-06-2008)
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Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this museum is dedicated to showing both Union and Confederate perspectives of the Civil War.
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Peabody Museum of Archeaology and Ethnology
(http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/, 11-06-2008)
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Located on the campus of Harvard, this is one of the world's oldest museums of anthropology with one of the largest collections.
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Pitt Rivers Museum
(http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/, 11-06-2008)
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This museum, located at Oxford University, displays the university's collection of archaeological and anthropological specimens.
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Horniman Museum
(http://www.horniman.ac.uk/, 11-06-2008)
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This museum in South London, England, has exhibits in the fields of anthropology, natural history, and music.
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The Mexican Museum
(http://www.mexicanmuseum.org/, 11-06-2008)
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This art museum, located in San Francisco, focuses on art by Mexican artists.
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Beamish
(http://www.beamish.org.uk/Home.aspx, 11-06-2008)
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Living history museum located in North East England, depicting life in 1825 and 1913.
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Museum of Appalachia
(http://www.museumofappalachia.org/, 11-06-2008)
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Located in East Tennessee, this living history museum depicts life in the Appalachian Mountains.
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Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
(http://www.shakervillageky.org/, 11-06-2008)
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This living history museum, located in Kentucky, depicts life in a Shaker religious community.
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Colonial Williamsburg
(http://www.history.org/, 11-06-2008)
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Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, this living history museum depicts life in a prosperous American colony shortly before the Declaration of Indpendence was written.
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National Museum of Ireland
(http://www.museum.ie/, 11-06-2008)
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Ireland's national museum of art, archaeology, culture, and natural history.
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The Israel Museum
(http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/htmls/Home.aspx, 11-06-2008)
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This museum, located in Jerusalem, has one of the world's largest collections of biblical and Holy Land archaeology.
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Museum of the History of Science
(http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/, 11-06-2008)
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This museum, located in Oxford, has one of the world's largest collections of scientific instruments, dating from medieval times to the 20th century.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
(http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/top_e.html, 11-06-2008)
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English language website of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, dedicated to preserving the memory of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and to promote world peace.
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Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
(http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/, 11-06-2008)
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Located at the University of California, Berkeley, this is the oldest and largest anthropological collection in the West.
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The Graeco-Roman Museum
(http://www.grm.gov.eg/, 11-06-2008)
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Located in Alexandria, Egypt, this museum contains numerous artifacts from the ancient world.
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Higgins Armory Museum
(http://www.higgins.org/, 11-06-2008)
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Museum of arms and armor with over 5000 pieces.
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Guggenheim Museum
(http://www.guggenheim.org/new_york_index.shtml, 11-06-2008)
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Art museum located in New York City that focues on Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art.
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The Jewish Museum
(http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/, 11-06-2008)
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Museum of art and anthropology focusing on Jewish culture.
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Newseum
(http://www.newseum.org/, 11-06-2008)
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A museum dedicated to the history of news media.
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Museum of the Moving Image
(http://www.movingimage.us/site/site.php, 11-06-2008)
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British museum dedicated to the history of movies and television.
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Bronx Museum
(http://www.bronxmuseum.org/, 11-06-2008)
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A museum for contemporary and 20th century art located in New York City.
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Brooklyn Museum
(http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/, 11-06-2008)
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One of the oldest and largest art museums in the country, located in New York City.
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Musee d'Orsay
(http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html, 11-06-2008)
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A collection of mainly French art, dating 1848-1915, exhibited in a converted railway station in Paris.
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National Music Museum
(http://www.usd.edu/smm/, 11-06-2008)
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A museum dedicated to music, located on the campus of the University of South Dakota Vermillion.
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Museum of African American Music
(http://www.moaam.org/, 11-06-2008)
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Located in New Jersey, this museum focuses on the musical genres of gospel, blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip hop and house.
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