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Welcome to the Museum Piki, the best place to decide between museums. Museums preserve and display art, history, culture, science, and knowledge at large for the public. Museums may focus on works or knowledge of especial fame or import, or they may specialize in quirky or weird aspects of existence. This Piki makes use of more than 19,000 facts about 202 museums. Sort and filter these museums according to your preferences using the options on the left. Whether you're looking for museums for everyone, museums for art or something else entirely, we have you covered.
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Selected Preferences Type of Museum: History (History: Required)
National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery brings in 1,819,440 visitors per year. It has interactive exhibits and doesn't have kids' activities or lectures. It receives exceptional marks for exhibit quality from Pikimal users and doesn't have a restaurant.
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Adult Admission: $0
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Exhibit Quality Rating - 5 stars, Interactive Exhibits
The National Portrait Gallery achieves 75% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: Art, History, Nature Center
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the National Portrait Gallery achieves 64% performance in this category.
Louisiana Old State Capitol Center for Political and...
The Louisiana Old State Capitol Center for Political and Governmental History has interactive exhibits, kids' activities and lectures, and it has a restaurant. It has guided tours and group tours.
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Adult Admission: $0
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the Louisiana Old State Capitol Center for Political and Governmental History achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Kids' Activities, Interactive Exhibits, Lectures
The Louisiana Old State Capitol Center for Political and Governmental History achieves 69% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: Historical Site, History
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Louisiana Old State Capitol Center for Political and Governmental History achieves 37% performance in this category.
Mercer & Fonthill Museums
The Mercer & Fonthill Museums has interactive exhibits, kids' activities and lectures, and it has a restaurant. It has guided tours and group tours.
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Adult Admission: $9
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the Mercer & Fonthill Museums achieves 74% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Kids' Activities, Interactive Exhibits, Lectures
The Mercer & Fonthill Museums achieves 69% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: Historical Site, History
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Mercer & Fonthill Museums achieves 37% performance in this category.
Rensselaer County Historical Society
The Rensselaer County Historical Society has interactive exhibits, kids' activities and lectures. It doesn't have a restaurant, and it has guided tours and group tours.
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Adult Admission: $5
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the Rensselaer County Historical Society achieves 85% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Kids' Activities, Interactive Exhibits, Lectures
The Rensselaer County Historical Society achieves 68% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: Historical Site, History
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Rensselaer County Historical Society achieves 37% performance in this category.
Hill-Stead Museum
The Hill-Stead Museum brings in 714,000 visitors per year. It has interactive exhibits and kids' activities and doesn't have lectures. It doesn't have a restaurant, and it doesn't have guided tours.
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Adult Admission: $10
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the Hill-Stead Museum achieves 71% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Kids' Activities, Interactive Exhibits
The Hill-Stead Museum achieves 62% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: Art, Historical Site, History
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Hill-Stead Museum achieves 74% performance in this category.
Litchfield Historical Society Museum
The Litchfield Historical Society Museum has interactive exhibits and lectures and doesn't have kids' activities. It has a restaurant, and it has guided tours and group tours.
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Adult Admission: $5
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the Litchfield Historical Society Museum achieves 85% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Interactive Exhibits, Lectures, Restaurant
The Litchfield Historical Society Museum achieves 45% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: Historical Site, History
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Litchfield Historical Society Museum achieves 37% performance in this category.
Oakland Museum of California
The Oakland Museum of California has interactive exhibits and kids' activities and doesn't have lectures. It doesn't have a restaurant, and it has guided tours and group tours.
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Adult Admission: $5
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the Oakland Museum of California achieves 85% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Kids' Activities, Interactive Exhibits
The Oakland Museum of California achieves 62% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: History
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Oakland Museum of California achieves 27% performance in this category.
Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center
The Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center brings in 10,000 visitors per year. It has interactive exhibits and kids' activities and doesn't have lectures. It has a restaurant, and it has guided tours.
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Adult Admission: $5
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center achieves 85% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Kids' Activities, Interactive Exhibits, Restaurant
The Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center achieves 63% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: Art, History, Nature Center
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center achieves 64% performance in this category.
Kern County Museum
The Kern County Museum brings in 85,000 visitors per year. It has interactive exhibits and kids' activities and doesn't have lectures. It doesn't have a restaurant, and it doesn't have guided tours.
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Adult Admission: $10
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the Kern County Museum achieves 71% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Kids' Activities, Interactive Exhibits
The Kern County Museum achieves 62% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: Children's, Historical Site, History
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the Kern County Museum achieves 54% performance in this category.
North Carolina Museum of History
The North Carolina Museum of History has interactive exhibits and doesn't have kids' activities or lectures. It doesn't have a restaurant, and it has guided tours and group tours.
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Adult Admission: $0
Given that users looking for Museums for History prefer lower values for adult admission, the North Carolina Museum of History achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Activities Available: Interactive Exhibits
The North Carolina Museum of History achieves 37% performance for activities available.
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Museum Type: History
Given that users looking for Museums for History require history, have a preference for historical site, natural history and science and technology and prefer a larger number of museum type options, the North Carolina Museum of History achieves 27% performance in this category.