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August von Spiess Museum of Hunting, Romania

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August von Spiess Museum of Hunting, Romania

It’s time for some more exploration into new countries with the August von Spiess Museum of Hunting. The museum is named after the well-known figure Colonel August von Spiess, who was the Keeper of Royal Hunting under King Ferdinand I of Romania. The museum has a whole room dedicated to this royal hunter, mostly dead animals and trophies. I guess Romania is the country that hunts, because they have a long history of doing just that…they even have a wikipedia entry. Anyway, the museum has foxes hanging upside down, rows of horns, vulture heads, various Carpathian game, etc. etc. I have a good friend who has a thing for Victorian taxidermy, so this would be his go-to place. No, seriously. And he’s an animal-loving vegan.

This place reminds of the time I had to go into a creepy house as part of my museum job, which was hosting a historic housewalk. I walked into a two-story living room full of literally hundreds of taxidermy pieces, including some kind of animal leaping down from the balcony. And I found out the guy wasn’t even a hunter, he just liked to collect “dead animals” from museum’s taxidermy collections. OKAY!

I should remember to tell my second cousin who likes to shoot deer on weekends that he’s got a new destination to add to his ever-busy “using my gun” schedule. Also, take note that the bear killed the dog and the dog’s owner killed the bear.

How nice!

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