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  1. Africa
  2. Asia
  3. Australia and the Pacific
  4. Europe
  5. North America
  6. South America

AFRICA

EGYPT

CAIRO
bulletCoptic Museum

ASIA

JAPAN

NAGOYA
bulletNagoya City Museum [In Japanese and English]

SINGAPORE

bulletAsian Civilisations Museum
bulletSingapore History Museum

AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

FIJI

SUVA
bulletFiji Museum

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

WIEN (VIENNA)
bulletHistorisches Museum der Stadt Wien (Historical Museum of the City of Vienna) [In German]
bulletVölkerkunde Museum Wien (Vienna Ethnographical Museum) [In German]

GERMANY

BERLIN
bulletAlliierten Museum / Allied Museum / Musée des Alliés [In German, English and French]
bulletDeutsches Historisches Museum / German Historical Museum [In German and English]
bulletEthnologisches Museum / Museum of Ethnology [In German and English]
bulletGedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand / German Resistance Memorial Center [In German and English]
bulletHaus der Wannsee-Konferenz / House of the Wannsee-Conference [In German, English, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Spanish]
Museum concerning the "Final Solution", the plans for which were decided on at a conference in 1942 held in this building.
bulletJüdisches Museum Berlin / Jewish Museum Berlin [In German and English]
bulletMuseum Europäischer Kulturen (Museum of European Cultures) [In German]
bulletMuseum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Museum for Pre- and Early History [In German and English]
bulletMuseum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie [In German, English and French]
bulletDie Stiftung Topographie des Terrors / The Foundation Topography of Terror [In German and English]
Museum on the terror apparatus of Nazi Germany.
bulletThe Story of Berlin [In German]
bulletVorderasiatisches Museum / Museum of Western Asiatic Antiquities [In German and English]
BONN
bulletHaus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany) [In German, English and French]
DACHAU
bullet KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau / Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site [In German and English]
DRESDEN
bulletSächsisches Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte (Saxony Provincial Museum for Prehistory) [In German]
DÜSSELDORF
bulletNeanderthal Museum Mettmann/Düsseldorf [In German and English]

SWITZERLAND

GENÈVE (GENEVA)
bulletMusée d'éthnographie de la Ville de Genève (Ethnographical Museum of the City of Geneva) [In French]
NEUCHÂTEL
bulletMusée d'éthnographie de Neuchâtel [In French]

UNITED KINGDOM

ENGLAND

BLETCHLEY (MILTON KEYNES)
bulletBletchley Park
Museum dedicated to the cryptographers who deciphered Enigma, the German military coding machine in WW2.
CAMBRIDGE
bulletMuseum of Classical Archaeology
HULL
bulletHull and East Riding Museum
Devoted mostly to local prehistory and history till Roman times.
LEEDS
bulletRoyal Armouries Museum
LONDON
bulletImperial War Museum
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
bulletMuseum of Antiquities
NORWICH
bulletThe Bridewell Museum
Museum devoted to local trades and industries.
bulletThe Castle Museum
OXFORD
bulletAshmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology
bulletPitt Rivers Museum
Social anthropology and ethnography.
READING
bulletThe Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology (University of Reading)
YORK
bulletJorvik Viking Centre

SCOTLAND

ABERDEEN
bulletMarischal Museum - University of Aberdeen

WALES

SWANSEA
bulletThe Wellcome Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

VANCOUVER
bulletMuseum of Anthropology (MOA)
One of the best collections in the world on North American native peoples.
bulletThe Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Simon Frazer University

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T.
bulletPrince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
"Dedicated to preserving the heritage and culture of the Inuit, Inuvialuit, Dene, Metis, and non-aboriginal peoples of the Canadian Arctic and Subarctic."

ONTARIO

KITCHENER-WATERLOO
bulletDoon Heritage Crossroads
"A living history museum, re-creating a rural village and two farms, where costumed interpreters welcome you to the year 1914. "
bulletJoseph Schneider Haus
Recreation of a farmhouse from the 1850s.
OTTAWA - HULL, QUE.
bulletCanadian Museum of Civilization / Musée canadien des civilisations [In English and French]
bulletCanadian War Museum (CWM) / Musée canadien de la guerre (MCG) [In English and French]
TORONTO
bulletToronto Historical Board
Various historic sites in the Toronto area, including Fort York and the Marine Museum.

UNITED STATES

MICHIGAN

ANN ARBOR
bulletKelsey Museum of Archaeology
bulletUniversity of Michigan Museum of Anthropology

SOUTH AMERICA

BRAZIL

PETRÓPOLIS
bulletMuseu Imperial [In Portuguese]
Museum in the Imperial Palace of Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, and dedicated to his memory.
RIO DE JANEIRO
bulletMuseu da República  [In Portuguese and English]
Formerly the Presidential Palace.

 

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