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  List of transport museums - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of transport museums throughout the world.
Road Transport Hall of Fame, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
MEXLIST List of Mexican rail and transport museums
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_transport_museums   (358 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Museum
Early museums began as princely collections of art and rare or curious natural objects and artefacts.Museums are usually open to the general public for a fee.
The museum is usually run by a curator, who has a staff that cares for the objects and arranges their display.
Museums often cooperate to sponsor joint and often traveling exhibits on particular subjects where one museum may not have a sufficient collection or where the greatest works on a subject are collected.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Museum   (536 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the world
The museums in this list are categorized by country/continent.
University Museum of Mineralogy, Petrography and Minerals University of Mining and Geology St. Ivan Rilski, Sofia.
Museums of Lithuania (in English, French and German).
icom.museum /vlmp/world.html   (1076 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the UK
Highland Museum of Childhood, Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
[Responsible for: Hunterian Museum; Odontological Museum, Wellcome Museum of Anatomy; Wellcome Museum of Pathology].
icom.museum /vlmp/uk.html   (8217 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Museum
A museum is an institution where interesting or valuable objects, such as works of art and historical artifacts, are kept, studied and displayed.
The word comes from the Latin museum, which is in turn derived from the Greek mouseion, which refers to a place or temple dedicated to the Muses, the patron divinities in Greek mythology of the arts.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Museum   (169 words)

  
 Museums in Oxfordshire, England
The museum holds a large collection of photographs and glass plate negatives of the region; most of these can be viewed on microfiche by appointment, and copies can be ordered.
As a branch museum of Oxfordshire's Department of Leisure and Arts, schools are warmly invited to use the museum and education room.
The museum is housed in a manor house dating from the 12th century, rebuilt in 1684 by Sir Christopher Wren and decorated by Grinling Gibbons and James Wyatt.
archive.museophile.org /museums/oxon.html   (3974 words)

  
 List of transport topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Tram, light rail (streetcar, trolley); see also List of light-rail transit systems
Nomad rover (unmanned test vehicle, has not been in space, 1997)
Space transport launched from the surface of the Moon
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_transport_topics.html   (158 words)

  
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Both museum vessels are in the Pirita port outside Tallinn, while the museum itself is at the north end of town in a 15th century cannon tower called Paks Magareeta, or Fat Margaret.
Museum is housed in the former residence of the Admiral of the Fleet.
Small, private Museum; a collection of everyday articles of the peoples of the Gulf (esp Ras al-Khaima) for whom the sea figured very largely: the dividing line between maritime objects and land-based objects is rather blurred.
www.bb62museum.org /wrldnmus.html   (4992 words)

  
 Learn more about List of museums in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Learn more about List of museums in the online encyclopedia.
The list of museums is a link page for any museum anywhere.
Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago, Illinois
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_museums.html   (194 words)

  
 Printing Museums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Amberley Museum was established in 1979 to preserve the rapidly disappearing industrial history of the south east.
Theodore Aubanel was a printer and poet, and this museum traces the history of the area's literature and the development of printing.
Museum has a Printing and Typesetting collection.The range of materials includes type casters and plate makers, type, printing plates and type storage systems, typesetting equipment, pre-press makeup and lockup tools, and printing presses.
members.aol.com /aapa96/museums.html   (5620 words)

  
 MBSI.org : Museums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Responsibilities include recommendations to the Board regarding museum policy, proper supervision over the use of conservation techniques to maintain, repair or restore Society-owned cultural properties, and to administer museum properties.
The recipient in 2003 of the Murtogh Guinness collection of mechanical music, the Morris Museum located in Morristown, NJ is constructing a substantial addition to their property which will house and display the collection.
Although every attempt has been made to check the listings, it is strongly suggested that visitors call ahead to make sure that the museums or collections will be open.
www.mbsi.org /museums.php   (3562 words)

  
 Classic Motor Monthly - Classic, Vintage & Veteran Road Transport Museums in the U.K.
Road Transport Museums in the U.K. All these museums are either dedicated Road Transport Museums, or have motor vehicles or road transport on show.
Birmingham and Midland Museum of Transport, Chapel Lane, Wythall, Near Birmingham.
Museum of British Road Transport, St. Agnes Lane, Hales Street, Coventry, CV1 1PN.
www.classicmotor.co.uk /museums/museums.htm   (1315 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the UK - Geographical Order
The Museum of Royal Regiment of Artillery, Woolwich.
Museum of Garden History, St Mary-at-Lambeth Church, Lambeth Palace.
Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust, Operates three important museums dedicated to the industrial and social history of Sheffield - "City of Steel".
www.mda.org.uk /vlmp/geog.htm   (7664 words)

  
 Museums and Galleries, Museums & Galleries, Art Galleries and Museums, Museums & Galleries Sites - 123World.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
We have attempted to enlist museums of every subject, so here,you can find information about any subject that piques your interest.
We have also listed galleries which act as museums for contemporary exhibits.
No matter where your interest lies, you'll find a museum of your choice here - history museums, science museums, art galleries, dinasaur centres, heritage museums, space museums, maritime museums, glass studios, railway museums and military museums.
www.123world.com /museumsandgalleries   (315 words)

  
 WWW Virtual Library: Museums around the UK
De Havilland Heritage Museum (Mosquito Aircraft Museum), Salisbury Hill, Hertfordshire.
Howell Harris Museum, Coleg Trefeca, Brecon, Powys, Wales.
Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum, near St Austell,
www.mda.org.uk /vlmp   (8151 words)

  
 UK CAR Transport Museums in the UK
Listings of Car and Transport Museums in and around the UK.
North of England Open Air Museum, nr Stanley, County Durham.
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum, Holland, Near Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5AF
www.ukcar.com /museums.html   (251 words)

  
 Air Museums
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. National Aviation Hall of Fame, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH
National Museum of the Pacific War (Admiral Nimitz),Fredericksburg, TX
Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, AL Space Center, Alamogordo, New Mexico
biz.mynewroads.com /fsairmuseum/AirMuseums.html   (405 words)

  
 Ipswich Transport Museum
Preserving the transport heritage of Ipswich since 1965, and now supported by the Friends of the Ipswich Transport Museum.
The Ipswich Transport Museum is a Registered Charity No. 276626.
The Museum has recently been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
www.ipswichtransportmuseum.co.uk /links.htm   (69 words)

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