No, No, No: Museums That Should Have Never Been
by
leigh - February 29, 2008
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There are museums full of strange things, and then there are strange museums full of things that have no place in a museum. A companion guide to "THAT is a Real Museum?" - this guide covers places that should never have been brought to life.
Not only that, on the front page of the site there’s a man waving a SPAM stick at me. That’s just not right.
My senses are simply outraged whenever I recall this place. No spicy ham ever, ever needs a museum dedicated to its (and I quote from the website) “ultimate culinary perfection.”
It doesn’t have to make sense, it’s British comedy.
Just a few of the PEZ dispensers on display.
Okay, so it’s colored candy tablets, and you can keep them in plastic tubes shaped like any of a zillion things. Really, that isn’t as awesome as it sounds.
The largest PEZ dispenser ever. They’re proud of that?
Places That Shouldn't Be On Any Map
Open May – Sep by appointment.
Open May – Sep by appointment.
Maybe it’s too many terrible late night movies, or that unblinking wooden stare, but I’m a little too freaked out by ventriloquist dummies to be comfortable with a museum full of them.
He looks like he wants brains.
Yes, sanitary plumbing = toilets. Special displays include a story on the developments made in the toilet paper industry and of course a wide range of antique commodes. Ew… just ew.
ZOMG that’s sanitary plumbing!
Open by appointment and during Hobo Week.
Open by appointment and during Hobo Week.
A hobo wedding! It must be Hobo Week in Iowa (no, seriously, it was).
A museum dedicated to the wandering homeless seems a little pointless. The website informs me that traditional hobo garb includes: ball caps, long-sleeved shirts, jeans, “hobo boots” and backpacks. Wow, I learned something today.
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