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The Rosa Parks Bus at the Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Rosa Parks bus: why this exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum will take your breath away

The Henry Ford Museum near Detroit is packed with landmark artefacts from American history. But it's a humble, old-fashioned bus that stops visitors in their tracks. After a series of big-hitting attractions – the bike shop where the Wright Brothers built the first plane, the…

National Automobile Museum, Turin (MAUTO): practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (MAUTO) in Turin is one of the most important automotive museums in the world. It houses over 200 original vehicles from 80 brands tracing the history of the automobile from the first steam cars of 1769 to current Formula 1 machinery.…

Visiting Choco-Story Torino, Turin: practical guide for first-time visitors

Choco-Story Torino at Via Paolo Sacchi 38 in Turin is a dedicated chocolate and gianduja museum in the basement of the historic Pfatisch pastry shop, part of the 14-location international Choco-Story museum network. It holds over 700 objects tracing the history of cacao from the…

Visiting the Galata Maritime Museum, Genoa: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Galata Museo del Mare in the Porto Antico (old port) of Genoa is the largest maritime museum in the Mediterranean. It covers 12,000 m² across five levels and 31 galleries, with five full-scale ship reconstructions, a live submarine moored outside, and the most compelling…

Visiting the Museo Maradona, Naples: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Maradona – Collezione Vignati in the Quartieri Spagnoli (Spanish Quarter) of Naples is a permanent museum of over 150 authentic objects belonging to Diego Armando Maradona. It was assembled by the Vignati family — whose matriarch Lucia was Maradona's Neapolitan housekeeper and confidante…

Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology, Milan: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci (MuST) in Milan is Italy's largest science and technology museum. It covers 50,000 m² in a 16th-century Olivetan monastery, holding over 16,000 objects spanning Leonardo's inventions, transport history, energy, communication, and space. The current…

National Etruscan Museum, Rome (Villa Giulia): practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia at Piazzale di Villa Giulia 9 in Rome is the world's most important museum of Etruscan civilisation, housed in a spectacular Renaissance villa built for Pope Julius III in 1551. This guide was updated in June 2026. The…

Visiting the Florence Synagogue and Jewish Museum: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Sinagoga e Museo Ebraico di Firenze at Via Luigi Carlo Farini 6 is one of the most important Jewish monuments in Italy. A grand Moorish-style synagogue inaugurated in 1882, it's complemented by a two-floor museum covering 700 years of Jewish life in Florence. This…

Visiting the Museo de Medici, Florence: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo de Medici at Via degli Alfani 39 in Florence occupies the Rotonda Brunelleschi — the 15th-century octagonal building at the corner of Via del Castellaccio, designed as the chapter house of the former Monastery of the Angels. The museum tells the history of…

Visiting the Museo Galileo, Florence: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Museo Galileo at Piazza dei Giudici 1 in Florence, Italy, is the world's most important museum of scientific instruments. It holds the finest surviving Medici and Habsburg-Lorraine scientific collections alongside Galileo's own telescopes, quadrants, and — most striking of all — his preserved middle…