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With over 90 museums in San Diego, it is hard to narrow down which ones are worth visiting if you are only here for a short time. All of them are very diverse and interesting, but here are some of the top San Diego museums that I think are worthy of a visit while vacationing in San Diego.

The first place to stop for a day of museum perusing is Balboa Park where you will find over 15 great museums all in one place. Besides the extensive list of great museums, Balboa Park has over 1400 acres of beautiful gardens and historical buildings so simply walking the park is like visiting a large real life museum, but you will want to step inside these must see museums on your trip to Balboa Park:

Museum of San Diego History: where you will learn the history of San Diego through photographs and cultural artifacts dating back to the 1840s. Read the rest of this entry »

In Amsterdam, there are more than fifty museums, from modern art and photography to film and theatre, with a few less traditional ones thrown in as well. Here is a list of 14 must-see museums in Amsterdam from the well-known to the obscure.

#1. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The largest museum in the Netherlands, the Rijksmuseum sees more than one million visitors annually at its unparalleled collection of Dutch art. The Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum (#2) are situated in Amsterdam's Museum Quarter, the most fashionable district in the city, rich in cultural institutions, restaurants and fashionable holiday accommodations. Read the rest of this entry »