.jpg "No, No, No: Museums That Should Have Never Been")
.jpg "The Weirdest U.S. Tourist Attractions")
.jpg "Accidental East Coast Discoveries")
.jpg "Best NYC Movers 10001- Movers NYC 10001")
.jpg "leigh")
.jpg "Piercings: Don't Do That")
.jpg "Being Left-Handed: The Cool and the Crap")
.jpg "Architecture: \"The built form of our cultural ambitions\"")
.jpg "Ray Schon State Farm Insurance")
.jpg "Dan Tyler State Farm Insurance")
.jpg "Susan Terhune State Farm Insurance")
.jpg "Ben Parsons State Farm Insurance")
.jpg "Awkward Family Portraits will make you say \"WTF?\"")
.jpg "Love is funny: Awesomely BAD engagement photos")
.jpg "Failbook")
.jpg "The Super Sexy 70's Ads")
SPONSORED LISTINGS
Strange Museums: The Top Five
- by leigh
- -
- October 16, 2008
(6)
.jpg)
Some museums have art. Some have artifacts. These have... everything else. When you've gotten your fill of the usual, here are some alternative choices.
1. "History": An Alternative Answer
Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum
124 W Main St, Crosbyton, TX 79322
The Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum claims that man walked with dinosaurs.
Need further explanation of why this museum is on the list? Just check out this excerpt from the Q and A page:
“Q. Do you think Noah took dinosaurs on the ark?
A. Absolutely. We can show you why.”
The Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum claims that man walked with dinosaurs.
Need further explanation of why this museum is on the list? Just check out this excerpt from the Q and A page:
“Q. Do you think Noah took dinosaurs on the ark?
A. Absolutely. We can show you why.”
Related Museum:
There’s also the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY, but the thought of that just makes me sad.
2. Human Anatomy
Bodies: The Exhibition
Traveling display. The location changes.
Bodies: The Exhibition
Can you say plasticized people? This exhibition travels all around the country, giving visitors a unique look at the human form. Real corpses have been stripped, postured and frozen in time, offering a fascinating, not-nearly-as-gross-as-it-sounds experience.
Eternally preserved as a work of art and science.
3. Not Art
Museum of Bad Art
580 HIGH ST DEDHAM, MA 02026
Obviously some artists never quite got the grasp of “art.” There is art so completely awful that it needs to be preserved as a piece of history. MOBA displays art so bad it actually leaves the realm of crap and goes full circle to become awesome again
Mama and Babe by Sarah Irani
Bad Poetry
While you’re at it, read some of the acknowledgedly worst poetry ever created.
Strange Museums are Everywhere
Museums That Should Have Never Been
Unlike the museums on this page, which have entertainment value if nothing else, this other list has museums that simply shouldn’t have been created.
Think this could have happened?
4. Art? Museum? Experiment?
Museum of Jurassic Technology
9341 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Exhibits including the dog-astronaut suit, the history of cat’s cradle and melting dice make the Museum of Jurassic Technology totally bizarre and completely fascinating.
If you go, here’s a tip:
There are phones scattered around, obviously meant for listening to recordings. After you press the little button, wait for 5-10 seconds for a voice to start. It’s not immediate so the first few times I just thought everything was broken.
Exhibits including the dog-astronaut suit, the history of cat’s cradle and melting dice make the Museum of Jurassic Technology totally bizarre and completely fascinating.
If you go, here’s a tip:
There are phones scattered around, obviously meant for listening to recordings. After you press the little button, wait for 5-10 seconds for a voice to start. It’s not immediate so the first few times I just thought everything was broken.
Dogonaut Suit – found at the Museum of Jurassic Technology
5. When Genetics Fails
Mutter Museum
19 S 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Medical anomalies, deformed figures and antique medical devices, really what more can you say? The Mutter Museum is a scientific human freak show, in the best way possible.
Medical anomalies, deformed figures and antique medical devices, really what more can you say? The Mutter Museum is a scientific human freak show, in the best way possible.
Conjoined twins… they didn’t make it for a reason.
Bonus: Whoops...
Subtle…
Point of Order
In February 2008, I was touring the Getty Museum and noticed the oddest thing about their temporary exhibits. Where usually the plaques next to pieces talk about the history of the work of art, these were talking about how the museum go hold of them. Strange, that’s not usually what people care about. I spent a while puzzling over this, until I remembered…
A few years ago, the famous Getty Museum got in a bit of trouble for obtaining antiques that they should have known (or did know, it’s a little unclear) were illegally procured. The pieces were returned, but still, major fail for the museum. My guess – these exhibits were a way to say “See, we got these legally! It’s okay!”
Getty Museum to Return Greek Artifacts
July 10, 2006, NPR – This is the fiasco that sparked the highlight exhibit at the Getty.
Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049
The Getty Center is comprised of two facilities, the world-renowned Getty Museum and the Villa. The Getty Museum features European paintings, illuminated manuscripts, 18th century decorative arts and modern photography. Set within a collection of buildings divided by gardens, water fountains, winding...
more »
The Getty Center is comprised of two facilities, the world-renowned Getty Museum and the Villa. The Getty Museum features European paintings, illuminated manuscripts, 18th century decorative arts and modern photography. Set within a collection of buildings divided by gardens, water fountains, winding pathways and sculptures, the experience of the museum itself is akin to being within a piece of art. The museum's layout mirrors its location, set atop a hill in the Brentwood district of north Los Angeles and accessed by the parking lot via a small commuter rail. The center's new Villa, situated 5 miles southwest in Pacific Palisades, houses the Getty's collection of Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiques, displaying more than 1,200 of its 44,000 pieces.
- |
- |
- |
- |
- share this
-
Museum of Jurassic Technology. I found it Beautiful, weird and some what wonderful!, Its exhibits are old & falling apart, its strange but nothing fascinating. its like a small and dilapidated place, the exhibits doesn’t really make sense and some of them are fake. The museum is accommodate only a small quantity of visitors at a time. overall I didn’t like it but one must be experience such museum too. http://www.thetop10guide.net/top-10-weird-museu…
.jpg "ElGuapo")
-
If you’re ever in LA, check out the Museum of Jurassic Technology. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
.jpg "ThePoorestTourist")
-
You rule.
Add Our Widget To Your Site
.jpg)
Discussions