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A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999
The Viennese Clock Museum is housed in the Harfenhaus (Harpist's House), one of the oldest homes in Vienna. With around 1,000 clocks in all, there is much to see, from ornate pocket watches, to a... »
Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces, Long Now Locations | Edited by Dylan
One-room museum dedicated to India's most enigmatic mathematician
Srinivasa Ramanujan was a mathematician of unusual talent. Born in 1887 and raised in the modest town of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, Ramanujan was largely self-taught. Working alone, the Indian... »
Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Trevor and Dylan
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues
Grūtas Park is an open-air museum near a small resort town Druskininkai (about 130 km southwest of capital town Vilnius), with a large collection of Soviet-era statues and an exposition of other... »
Museums and Collections, Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by mytrips_lt and Dylan
Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory
There are few figures of the 19th century who have had a greater impact on the course of civilization than the Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell. His discovery of a unified... »
Museums and Collections, Strange Science, Unique Collections | Edited by Trevor and Dylan
Peace Park and the A-bomb dome
On Monday, August 6th, 1945, at 8:15 am, a US bomber dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare over the city of Hiroshima.
Estimates of the number killed vary from 90,000 to 166,000... »
Museums and Collections, Strange Science, Unique Collections, Memento Mori, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas | Edited by spinkk and Dylan
A curious collection of locks and keys
The Musée Bricard, or Musée de la Serrure, was once one of Paris's tiny hidden gems. The curious collection features locks and keys dating form Roman times up to the present day, including one... »
Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Josh and CPilgrim