Claudio Contreras / Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta) grown in a chinampa, a wetland agricultural system, grown in preparation for the day of the dead festival, Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City, October

Juan Manuel Borrero / Egg-shaped sculpture balanced on roof and refelected in water at Salvador Dali's House-Museum. Port Lligat, Cap de Creus Natural Park, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain. March 2009.

Gavin Hellier / Frescoes in Goreme Open Air Museum's rock-cut Byzantine Tokali Kilise (Buckle Church), Goreme, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, 2008

Gavin Hellier / Museum of Islamic Art, designed by the renowned architect IM Pei, this museum has the largest collection of Islamic art in the world. Doha, Qatar, Arabian Peninsula 2007

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view at dusk over the Museum of Islamic Art and the Dhow harbour to the modern skyscraper skyline of Doha, Qatar, Arabian Peninsula 2011

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view over the Museum of Islamic Art and the Dhow harbour to the modern skyscraper skyline of Doha, Qatar, Arabian Peninsula 2011

Gavin Hellier / Art Science Museum and city skyline at night, seen from Marina Bay, Singapore, 2012

Sue Flood / Koi carp in the award winning garden in the Adachi Museum of Art, Japan.

John Waters / Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, Arabian Gulf, night time, May 2011

Claudio Contreras / Submarine statues at the MUSA Cancun Underwater Museum, a conservation project to promote the growth of coral. Isla Mujeres, Cancun National Park, Caribbean Sea, Mexico.

Claudio Contreras / Cottonwick (Haemulon melanurum) fish among submarine statues at the MUSA Cancun Underwater Museum, a conservation project to promote the growth of coral. Isla Mujeres, Cancun National Park, Caribbean...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Museo Yamana, the museum to the indigenous indians of the Beagle Channel region. Ushuaia, Argentina, October 2006.

Juan Manuel Borrero / House-Museum of Salvador Dali. Port Lligat, Cap de Creus Natural Park, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain. March 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Egg-shaped sculpture balanced on roof at Salvador Dali's House-Museum. Port Lligat, Cap de Creus Natural Park, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain. March 2009.

Angelo Gandolfi / Museum reconstruction of 12,000 year old prehistoric rock painting: of Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and horse (Equus sp). Las Monedas cave, Cantabria, Spain.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Part of Mona Lisa painting enlarged and hanging between trees. Leonardo da Vinci Museum at the Castle of Clos Lucé, Amboise, France

Pete Oxford / Chinese mythical animal, Forbidden City (National Palace Museum), Beijing, China 2006

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of bird 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of beetle 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of deer 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of animals 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of beetle 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of bat 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Mimbres bowl detail of mammal 900-1150 AD, museum, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

Mark Moffett / King Tut's bracelet with scarab, Cairo Museum, Egypt

Mark Moffett / King Tut's bracelet with scarab, Cairo Museum, Egypt

Onne van der Wal / Two International America's Cup Class (IACC) boats that belong to Bill Koch on display at the Museum of Modern Art, Boston, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Two International America's Cup Class (IACC) boats that belong to Bill Koch on display at the Museum of Modern Art, Boston, USA.

Onne van der Wal / International America's Cup Class (IACC) models that belong to Bill Koch, on display at the Museum of Modern Art, Boston, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Two International America's Cup Class (IACC) boats that belong to Bill Koch on display at the Museum of Modern Art, Boston, USA.