MUSEUMS

Play Scents Like Music on The Museum of Food and Drink’s New Smell Synthesizer

The smells range from pleasant odors like “coconut” to overpowering aromas like “nail polish remover."

The Shining Hotel Could Soon Become a Horror Museum

The Colorado hotel that inspired the film has announced a major renovation.

New Museum Exhibit Shows How Pixar Films Come to Life

"Pixar: The Design of Story" at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum goes behind-the-scenes with Pixar.

Watch Flesh-Eating Beetles Devour Dead Animals

It's for science!

How a Colorado Family Built a Home for the World's Weirdest, Most Beautiful Bugs

The May Natural History Museum hosts one of the largest privately owned collections of insects in the world.

Ralph Nader Opened a Museum Celebrating Personal Injury Lawsuits

The American Museum of Tort Law shows why lawsuits over things like hot McDonald’s coffee aren't as frivolous as they sound.

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Out-Of-This-World Soviet Artifacts From the Dawn of the Space Race

Why did astro-dogs have ejector seats?

The Flesh-Eating Beetles that Work at Natural History Museums

Scientists put these bugs to work in museums doing exactly what they do in nature.

How The Tenement Museum Uses Crime Scene Photos to Create its Exhibits

Crime scene photos provide clues to what tenement life was like in the early 20th century.

The Lost Book of Titian Peale, America's First Lepidopterist

Titian Ramsey Peale II went to his grave in 1885 believing that his life’s greatest work would never be published. It finally has been.

The Walls of This Museum Have Been Transformed By Street Artists

The Long Beach Museum of Art is bringing the city indoors.

This Bible Museum Features Rejected Celebrity Wax Figures

At Ohio's BibleWalk Museum, surprise appearances from celebrities like Steve McQueen and Ringo Starr are tucked into scenes of Old Testament miracles and the life of Christ.

National Lighthouse Museum in Staten Island Opens After 14-Year Delay

Fourteen years after it was set to open, the National Lighthouse Museum is finally the beacon it was always meant to be.

Rediscovered Security Footage Could Help Solve 25-Year-Old $500 Million Art Heist

6 Bizarre Museums You Can Visit From The Comfort Of Your Desk

The Architects Behind 6 of America's Most Famous Buildings

While we generally know a great deal about their most famous buildings, most people don’t know much about these 6 men behind the blueprints.

Can You Translate This 800-Year-Old Sword's Inscription?

The British Library is looking for help to translate an inscription on a medieval sword.

How to Beautify Bee Specimens For Museum Display

Before they can reside in the American Museum of Natural History's research collection, bee specimens must be properly prepped and preserved.

Jack the Ripper Museum Replaces Proposed Women's History Museum

The Smithsonian Is Hoping to "Reboot" Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit

The museum wants your help preserving the suit Armstrong wore for the moon landing in 1969.

The Many Fires That Plagued P.T. Barnum

150 years ago, P.T. Barnum's museum of curiosities burned down—over and over again.

15-Year-Old Spots a Math Mistake in a Museum Exhibit

A high school sophomore noticed an error in a math equation at Boston's Museum of Science.

The National Building Museum Has Been Converted into a Giant Ball Pit

Relive your youth—without having to sneak into the nearest McDonald's.

Sexually Confusing Male Moths

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