museums
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Deepwood Museum and Gardens
Salem, Oregon
1894
Designed by William C. Knighton in the Queen Anne style, the Luke A. Port House was built in 1894. Now known as Deepwood Museum and Gardens, the house is open for tours and hosts seasonal events.
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Methodist Parsonage
Salem, Oregon
1841
Founded in 1841, this home of Methodist missionaries is one of the oldest remaining frame houses in the Pacific Northwest. Moved here from its original location, it is now part of the Mission Mill Museum.
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Jason Lee House
Salem, Oregon
1841
Built in 1841 as the home of pioneer Jason Lee, this two-story house with a balcony was used for planning the Provisional Government in Salem. It is one of the oldest houses in Oregon and is now part of the Willamette Heritage Center.
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Trier Cathedral Treasury
Trier, Germany
1480
Occupying a small room inside Trier Cathedral, this treasury displays some of Europe's greatest relics - including a nail from the Crucifixion and a sandal of St. Andrew - along with important religious art from a variety of periods.
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Museum of Liverpool
Liverpool, England
19 Jul 2011
Housed in a striking modern building (2011) on Liverpool's waterfront, the Museum of Liverpool displays collections from over 10,000 years of local history. Admission is free.
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Willamette Heritage Center
Salem, Oregon
1964
Formerly known as the Mission Mill Museum, the Willamette Heritage Center incorporates several 19th-century buildings from Salem's early pioneer history, which centered around wool manufacturing and Methodist missions.
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Mary Todd Lincoln House
Lexington, Kentucky
Originally built in 1806 as an inn, this Georgian-style brick building was the childhood home of Mary Todd Lincoln, first lady and wife of Abraham Lincoln, from 1832 to 1839. It is now a museum open for tours.
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Roman Baths Museum
Bath, England
1st cent. CE (ruins)
Located among Roman ruins, the Roman Baths Museum in Bath displays fragments of the Temple of Sulis Minerva, offerings to the goddess, the gilded head of her cult statue, and other notable artifacts.
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Lorraine Motel
Memphis, Tennessee
c. 1925; 1968
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, which had long been popular with black musicians visiting Memphis. The motel is now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.
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Boise Art Museum
Boise, Idaho
1937
Built in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration, the Boise Art Museum was expanded in 1972, 1987, and 1997. Its collection dates from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on American art.
- Herschel Museum of Astronomy Bath, England 1764