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Hammer Museum (Haines, AK)

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Hammer Museum (Haines, AK)
Hammer Museum (Haines, AK). Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Hammer Museum, located in Haines, Alaska, United States, is the first museum in the world dedicated to hammers. The museum was founded in 2002 and became a non-profit organization in 2004. It features over 1,400 hammers and related tools, ranging from ancient times through the colonial days to the industrial era. It has 8,000 artifacts still in storage.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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