Artifacts

A former church turned museum, complete with changing exhibitions.

This memorial park is also the original site of Queen Cleopatra’s Caesareum, whose pillars now stand in London and New York.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

This restored pump house gives a glimpse into the past when communal water supplies were common.

This gold sash was part of a massive collection of pre-Hispanic gold artifacts discovered in an isolated village in the Philippines.

A museum dedicated to Norwegian music, old and new alike.

This mysterious anthropomorphic statuette is on display at the National Museum of Oman.

A local museum dedicated to the history of village life in Darfield.

This room of wonder is full of relics, from knights in armor to rare works of art.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

Snapshots of late 19th and early 20th century Americana, focused on life on the plains, are displayed in this museum.

A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.