Norway
Near Lake Maridal, this museum has Norway's first tram, car, water wheels, and clock along with tons of interactive displays and competitions. It also has great exhibits about medicine, science, and technology through history.
New York | United States
This museum contains a remarkable array of more than 34 million natural science artifacts including a Fossil Hall (with over 600 fossils), galleries of gems, minerals, and ocean life, an entire space…
United States | Washington, D.C.
This incredible museum houses exhibits about everything in the natural world, from wildlife to geology to fossils. Highlights include the recently reopened hall of fossils (officially the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils) and the hall of geology, gems, and minerals.
United States | Washington, D.C.
The national air and space museum is a necessary stop for anyone interested in aircraft of space travel. It's got incredible exhibits detailing the history of aviation and space exploration, including real vehicles, replicas, and a moon rock you can touch. This is probably the best collection on the history of air and space travel anywhere.
California | San Francisco | United States
Rainforest, aquarium, planetarium, and natural history museum—all under one living roof. This LEED-certified green museum has more than 40,000 creatures living under it's natural roof.
California | San Francisco | United States
Perhaps our favorite science museum anywhere, the exploratorium focuses on "hands on" interactive activities. Located right on the wharf in San Francisco in a 9-acre glass walled building, it's easy to spend hours here.
India
Jantar Mantar is a site featuring astronomical observatories built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh II, the oldest of which date to 1724. Singh II was a remarkable mathematician and astronomer and…
Belgium
A hospital dating to the eleventh century, Sint-Janshospitaal is now a museum containing art and artifacts illustrating the history of medicine over the centuries.…
United States | Washington, D.C.
An annex to the National Air and Space Museum located in a massive hangar near Dulles Airport, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is one of our favorite museums. Make sure to go on a (free) guided tour, offered at minimum at 10:30 am and 1:00 pm but usually more frequently.
