(Some more of) My Favourite Museums

This post is in honour of ICOM (International Council of Museums) International Museum Day. The theme for 2026 is ‘Museums Uniting a Divided World’.

With all my travels and places of work, I’ve been extraordinarily fortunate to have visited some really amazing museums over the years. I would like to share my thoughts on four more of my favourites.[1]

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Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt [2]

Statue of a Ptolemaic Queen, 1st c BC, Marsa Matruh

Statue of a Ptolemaic King, 2nd c BC, Alexandria

Alexander Helios & Cleopatra Selene (40-30 BC)

Ptolemaic pottery vessels

Representation of the Ba Bird (soul) - Ptolemaic

Marble ram - Roman period

Royal Tyrell Museum, Alberta, Canada [3]

Prognathodon

Gorgosaurus

Leidyosuchus canadensis (top); Hadrosaur jaw (below)

Placenticeras sp. (74 million years), Lethbridge, AB

Dromaeosaurus albertensis (reconstruction)

Brachylophosaurus canadensis, Late Cretaceous (77 million years), Milk River, Alberta

Shanghai Museum, China [4]

Shanghai Museum at People's Square

Lotus-leaf-shaped red sandalwood brush washer (Qing)

Rhino horn carving of Guanyin (Qing 1644-1911)

Lotus-leaf-shaped rhinoceros horn brush Washer (Ming)

Jade hairpin w/ Magnolia head (Ming 1368-1644)

Lotus shaped cup, Dehua ware (Kangxi reign 1662-1722)

Jingdezhen Blue-and-White Vase (1736-1795)

White Lotus Flowers and Carp, Gao Qifeng (1889-1933)

Seven-character Antithetic Couplet, Yu Youren (1879-1964)

MacBride Museum of Yukon History, Whitehorse, Canada

A fox passing by the MacBride Museum

wooden carved figurines

Bowhead whale & other Arctic animals

Gold Rush historical photographs

Fossiliferous Limestone, N Alaska Highway

Water-eroded rocks; Clinochlore

Muddy limestone; Sphalerite

Do you have a favourite museum? Tell me in the comments below.

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[1] Click here to see my post from last year (Some of) My Favourite Museums.

[2] I wrote a separate post about this museum Finally, the Graeco-Roman Museum. I’ve included different photos from the museum in this post.

[3] The post Drumheller Fossils includes some previous remarks about the Royal Tyrell Museum.

[4] See my post on Shanghai for more information and photos about a specific fashion exhibition I saw at this museum.