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Hottest Museums You Need to See This Year

Hottest Museums 2013
(Photo: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard)

Curators and architects pulled out all the stops in this year’s lineup of the world’s biggest and best museum debuts. It’s hard to decide what gives these museums more “wow factor”: the edgy building designs, or the fun new ways visitors are tricked into learning. Either way, no uniformed museum security guard could begin to shush our excitement about the hottest new museums for 2013.

Read on to see how England unveils Henry VIII’s favorite warship for the first time, Sweden dresses ABBA fans in fabulous glam-rock style, San Francisco tinkers Exploratorium-style in its new Pier 15 location, and more.

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