There are more than 17,500 museums in the U.S. The following dozen (or so) force you to dust off your conception of what makes a museum. Instead of glass-covered cases with historical artifacts and educational placards, imagine wall-to-wall animated dolls in one corner and wall-to-wall clowns in another, or a dizzying array of human organs in jars. Stop shuddering and start investigating history you didn’t even know existed.
