Robert Louis Stevenson Museum, Apia, Upolu Island, Western Samoa, South Pacific, Pacific

Nelson's house, Nelson's Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Excursion boat on Spree River, Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral), Spree River, Museum Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mitte, Berlin, Europe

Pinang Peranakan Mansion, George Town, Penang Island, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Restored salmon cannery museum and boats, Icy Strait Point, Hoonah, summer, Chichagof Island, Inside Passage, Alaska, United States of America, North America

The Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, on the sea front at Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Chirstchurch art gallery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Ancient fresco of the Minoan art, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete island, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Straumengard Museum in log cabin at Straumsfjord on Kvaloya Island near Tromso in Arctic Circle Northern Norway

Wrought iron balustrade, Palace Bridge (Schlossbrucke), and German Historical Museum, Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Painting, Neka museum, Ubud, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Native children wearing seal skin clothing, Museum in Nanortalik Port, Island of Qoornoq, Province of Kitaa, Southern Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark, Polar Regions

Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu, North Island New Zealand, PacificThe largest collection of vintage vehicles in the southern hemisphere

Fruit and vegetable market on a Sunday morning outside Te Papa, The Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Samurai outfit at Museum of Matsuyama Castle, Matsuyama, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Details of fresco paintings, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete island, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Pinang Peranakan Mansion, George Town, Penang Island, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cobbled approach to Altes Museum in the Lustgarten, early morning, Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Preserved Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp), known as Lonesome George, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Goldmine museum, Thames, Coromandel Peninsula, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu, North Island, New Zealand, PacificThe largest collection of vintage vehicles in the southern hemisphere.

Maison des Esclaves (Slaves House), Goree Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Palm trees and museum, Auckland Domain, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Native man wearing seal skin clothing, Museum in Nanortalik Port, Island of Qoornoq, Province of Kitaa, Southern Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark, Polar Regions

Casa de Colon Museum in the Vegueta District, Las Palmas City, Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Tudor style Rotorua Museum and Government Gardens, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Te Papa Museum Marina and city lights in the evening, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Cossit House Museum dating from 1878), Town of Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Te Papa (Our Place), New Zealand National Museum, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Chirstchurch art gallery, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu, North Island, New Zealand, PacificThe largest collection of vintage vehicles in the southern hemisphere

Painting, Neka museum, Ubud, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Te Papa (Our Place), New Zealand National Museum, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Bonis Windmill at the Folklore Museum in Mykonos Town, Island of Mykonos, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Maison des Esclaves (Slaves House), Goree Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral), Museum Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery), lit by early morning sun, Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Sun Sister, Hyogo Prefectural Museum, Kobe City, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum and Art Gallery, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

National Maritime Museum, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Tourists outside the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, George Town, Penang Island, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Museum of Antigua and Barbuda, St. Johns, Antigua Island, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Writer Katherine Mansfield's birthplace, now a museum, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Replica of boat Shackleton used to cross from Elephant Island to South Georgia, in museum at Grytviken, South Georgia, South Atlantic

Bonis Windmill at the Folklore Museum in Mykonos Town, Island of Mykonos, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Maison Bonaparte, yellow with blue shutters, Napoleon's birth place, now a national museum, Ajaccio, Island of Corsica, France, Europe

Gardens in front of the Bath House Museum in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

D'Estr•À?es Fort now a museum of slavery, Goree Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Te Papa museum, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Colourful side entrance to Te Manawa, the Science Centre and Manawatu Museum, Palmerston North, Manawatu, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Government Gardens with bath-house dating from 1908, now the Museum of Rotorua, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Excursion boat on Spree River, Bode Museum, Museum Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, TV Tower, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Te Papa museum, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Restored salmon cannery museum and kayaks, Icy Strait Point, Hoonah, summer, Chichagof Island, Inside Passage, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Tudor style Rotorua Museum and Government Gardens, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Bath house and Museum, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Museum of Antigua and Barbuda, St. Johns, Antigua Island, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

D'Estr•À?es Fort now a museum of slavery, Goree Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Urban beach Strandbar Mitte, Bode Museum, Museum Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Urban beach Strandbar Mitte, Bode Museum, Museum Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Entrance Hall with equestrian statue of Frederick William I, Bode Museum, Museum Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Berlin Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Science Museum, former Chamber of Represtatives, Capitole, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Museum of Antigua and Barbuda, St. Johns, Antigua Island, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Visitors with audio guides pass through Ishtar Gate (Babylon), Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum), Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Blue glazed bricks with bull relief, Ishtar Gate (Babylon), Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum), Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Blue glazed bricks with bull relief, Ishtar Gate (Babylon), Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum), Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Blue glazed bricks with lion relief, Ishtar Gate (Babylon), Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum), Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

A householder in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands who has created a whale museum, with an anti whaling slant.

Visitor reads information sign, Ishtar Gate (Babylon), Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum), Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

An ancient preserved grave slab in Iona Abbey on Iona, off Mull, Scotland, UK.

Ancient preserved grave slabs in Iona Abbey on Iona, off Mull, Scotland, UK.

An ancient preserved grave slab in Iona Abbey on Iona, off Mull, Scotland, UK.

Farm, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island, Nebraska, United States of America, North America

Ancient preserved grave slabs in Iona Abbey on Iona, off Mull, Scotland, UK.

Visitors and the Market Gate of Miletus, Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum), Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, Europe

The exterior of the Christopher Columbus museum on the Portuguese Atlantic island of Porto Santo.

Maori carving, Auckland Museum, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Maori carving, Auckland Museum, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Russia museum, house in former japanese government building, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

War Memorial and Museum, Auckland Domain, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

National Maritime Museum, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

France, Corsica Island, Corse-Du-Sud, Ajaccio, The Art Museum (Fesch Palace & Collections)

Maori carving, Auckland Museum, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

France, Corsica Island, Corse-Du-Sud, Ajaccio, The Art Museum (Fesch Palace & Collections)

Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island, Nebraska, United States of America, North America

Te Papa Museum, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island, Nebraska, United States of America, North America

Ecuador, Galapagos Archipelago, Cruise On Board Of Ms Santa Cruz, San Cristobal Island, Moreno Harbour And Town, Museum

Whaling museum (showing female humpback whale fetus taken from dead mother) at the Grytviken Whaling Station on South Georgia Island, Southern Atlantica Ocean

Port Lockroy, an old British Station, Now a museum, Wienke Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

Strawberry Poison Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), adult, Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio or Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small amphibian poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane forest, but large populations are also found in disturbed areas such as plantations. The strawberry poison frog is perhaps most famous for its widespread variation in coloration, comprising approximately 15���30 color morphs, most of which are presumed to be true-breeding. O. pumilio, while not the most poisonous of the dendrobatids, is the most toxic member of its genus. The species is most diverse in Panama with varieties in vivid shades of all red, orange, blue, yellow or green, green and yellow, white with red, orange or black and spotted varieties. The most colorful mix is found in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park though not all in one place. Colors vary by location. A beach on the north side of the island is named after the species. Two of Southern Explorations' Panama tours visit red frog habitat. Both the eight-day Panama Adventure trip and eleven-day Panama Highlights trip spend time in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park and the former also goes to Red Frog Beach. The red frog is not as poisonous as some of its cousins and is not a threat to humans. It subsists on a diet of ants that dine on poisonous plants, providing the red frog its protective skin toxin. Males attract females with a loud quick chirp. To hear the distinctive sound before you depart on your Panama tours, go to the University of Michigan Museum's biodiversity website (www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.) After birth, the tadpoles climb aboard the mother who deposits them in different protected areas where she retu

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

Yagim Mask at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Yagim Mask, 1920-25 Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Wood, paint. George Walkus (kwakwaka'wakw, ca 1875-1968). A furtive aggressive sea creature known as Yagim was part of the dramatic Tseyka performance cycle, which took place during the dark winter when life on the North West coast moves largely indoors

The Slave House, Island of Goree, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Casa Museo del Campesino, designed by Cesar Manrique, San Bartolome, Lanzarote island, Canary islands, Spain

The Slave House, Island of Goree, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Ferry arriving at Goree Island, in background fort d´Estrees, near Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Casa Museo del Campesino, designed by Cesar Manrique, San Bartolome, Lanzarote island, Canary islands, Spain

Monumento Al Campesino, designed by Cesar Manrique, San Bartolome, Lanzarote island, Canary islands, Spain