Aaargh! You beat me to it! As soon as I saw the title of this thread, that museum instantly came to mind. A must-see for anyone with a surreal sense of humor.

Hi,

For all the times I have been to Las Vegas, I have never been to;

the National Atomic Testing Museum

http://www.nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/

( Will go there when I am in Las Vegas in May)

Regards

TBS

Not exactly a museum but the Trinity Site is open two days a year. It is the site of the first atomic bomb detonation. The buildings where it was built and other buildings involved in the project are open as well. Went there (near ABQ) for a mileage run a few years ago.

On a journey from from Seattle to Portland, I took a little side trip on a whim to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA. Well worth it, interesting and different. Science and creativity all rolled into one!

http://www.museumofglass.org/

The American Sign Museum in Cincinnati . Very well done history of advertising.

Along the same lines, there are occasional tours of the Yucca Mountain waste disposal facility (which includes a very interesting drive through part of the Nevada Test Site, past various Cold War-era experiments and landmarks). Given that it's more or less out of commission without ever having stored a drop of nuclear waste, it may as well be a museum.

I really wanted to see Memento Park while visiting Budapest, but ran out of time since it's outside the city.

If I may include something from Switzerland:
Technorama Winterthur
http://www.technorama.ch/en/

More of a science museum where you are allowed to touch and try everything. Fun for teens and also parent.
W

The War Memorial of Korea (AKA The War Museum) is pretty cool. They let you in/on/play around with many different war machines.

My husband and I discovered the Ignatz Semmelweis Museum accidentally, while walking through Budapest. We'd both read his biography, neither realizing that the other had heard of him, too. He was the doctor who saw the link between doctors not using sanitary procedures (simple hand-washing between treating a patient with tuberculosis and delivering a baby. for example) and "childbed fever" which killed many women shortly after giving birth. He was ridiculed for it. The museum is in the house where he was raised, and also lived as an adult, and has a lot of interesting medical and dental equipment.

The Groeninge Museum in Bruges is our favorite art museum- small enough that you don't get burned out, with some exquisite artwork. If you saw the movie "In Bruges", the scene where the two killers are contemplating Breughel's view of hell was shot here. Get the video guide.

My husband and I visited the Military Museum in Brussels intending to stay there in the AM and go somewhere else after lunch. We had lunch in the nearby park and spent the rest of the day at the museum. Uniforms, memorabilia, weapons, and then some giant spaces with tanks and warplanes.

And if you're ever in our back yard (Kansas City), I recommend the Nelson-Atkins art museum and the WW I museum.

Syadristy Microminiature Museum, Kiev
 

For cool, this museum, one of several at the worthy Pechersk Lavra monastery site in Kiev, tops my list. Couldn't find a direct website, but here are some reviews:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...seum-Kiev.html

Its a small museum, all of the displays are viewed through microscopes, and are all from the microminiaturist Mykola Syadristy. Displays include:

Chess set wrought in gold, set on the head of a pin
Preserved flea, with shoes of gold
Rose on a stem, inserted into a hollowed out human hair
etc., etc.

I went to the Natural History museum in Frankfurt last month. Fascinating place. Spent 5 hours there.

the spy museum is interesting, but the "cover" thing is nonsense. you pick someone at the beginning and are asked multiple choice questions at the end. there is nothing else along the way.

My favourite musea
 

1. Beit Hatefutzot: The Museum of the Diaspora, Tel Aviv,
http://www.bh.org.il/

2. Russell Cotes Museum, Bournemouth,
http://russell-cotes.bournemouth.gov.uk

3. Aquarius Water Museum, Mülheim an der Ruhr,
http://www.erih.net/nc/countries/det...pi2%5BshowUid%

4. Dennis Sever's House, London www.dennissevershouse.co.uk