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Top 10 General Museums in America

Ten places we think are worth the trip, hand-picked, not an exhaustive list, just a place to start.

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Cincinnati Museum Center At Union Station

Cincinnati Museum Center At Union Station

Cincinnati, OH

Housed in a National Historic Landmark Art Deco train station

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Anchorage Museum

Anchorage Museum

Anchorage, AK

Alaska's flagship museum

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Oakland Museum-california

Oakland Museum-california

Oakland, CA

Major state-history institution

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Long Island Museum

Long Island Museum

Stony Brook, NY

Smithsonian affiliate, full signal score

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South Carolina State Museum

South Carolina State Museum

Columbia, SC

Smithsonian affiliate

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Bruce Museum

Bruce Museum

Greenwich, CT

Well-regarded regional museum

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Morris Museum

Morris Museum

Morristown, NJ

Smithsonian affiliate

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New Jersey State Museum

Trenton, NJ

State flagship museum

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Berkshire Museum

Berkshire Museum

Pittsfield, MA

Regional natural history and art museum

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Reading Public Museum

Reading Public Museum

Reading, PA

Regional museum with planetarium

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