American Museum

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Commemorating everything from the Puritan pioneers to the Wild West frontier, the American Museum houses a huge collection of Stateside artefacts in the grand environs of Claverton Manor. Established in 1961, the museum's displays range from First Nation handiwork to vintage revolvers, pioneers' maps and a collection of American quilts.

You can also stroll around 15 period-themed rooms, including a New Orleans plantation villa, a Shaker room and a flashy 18th-century parlour room from a Maryland farmhouse. Bus 18 and most university buses stop nearby.