After telling you about the Smallest Museum in St. Paul and the Teeny Statue of Liberty Museum “Tiny Museum Week” continues with another micro-museum, this one’s in San Francisco (and may no longer be active…correct me if I’m wrong). I’m not sure if this is still an active project, but...
Everyone knows this blog covers wax museums from time to time, not because I like them or anything, but just to highlight their awfulness. Well, I have sad news to report. The World’s Worst Wax Museum is set to close after fifty-something years. The people of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in...
Why not enjoy this old picture of a dinosaur being delivered by helicopter to the Museum of Science in Boston (shit’s been reblogged thousands of times so what’s wrong with a few more?). Photo
Let’s continue the theme of weird Christmas traditions. Yesterday was the mysterious Christmas tree of Arizona, while today is the singing Christmas tree of Muskegon. Yes, that’s right. Every year this small Michigan city celebrates the holidays with three-hundred singers from the Mona Shores High School Choir standing on 15...
What if you lived in two different countries at the same time? Apparently this is a “thing” in Baarle-Hertog, a Belgian town just over 30 miles from Antwerp, but actually located three miles in the Netherlands. Confused? You’re not alone. In the early 12th century, medieval lords started to swap...
When it comes to public art, it can either be annoying and pointless (like children falling down while holding hands) or really weird and completely random. We’ve covered some strange statues before, like the “Child Eater” in Switzerland, the Boll Weevil Monument in Alabama, and the Beatles in Kazakhstan. Well,...
The World Famous Crochet Museum (‘world famous’ usually means that you’ve never heard of it) is located in a 5-by-8-foot former plastic green Fotomat kiosk. It is part of the random ‘Art Queen Gallery’ (near the northern entrance of Joshua Tree National Park) that is run by Shari Elf, an...
Memorial Day marks the start of the summer season here in the United States where people sit around on lawn chairs in the boiling heat and grill hamburgers and hot dogs. What fun! Speaking of burgers, did you know there is a Hamburger Museum in Daytona, Florida? “Hamburger Harry” Sperl,...
Automatons are always a bit creepy, so one can only guess why Laffing Sal was such a popular attraction at funhouses, boardwalks, amusement parks and fairs across the United States during the Great Depression and World War II. Originally mass-produced by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, this mechanical monster terrorized small...
We’ve covered Clown Museums before here at This Belongs In A Museum. Not a surprise the Guinness World Record for “Largest Clown Collection” belongs to Ortys Clownmuseum in Germany. Then there’s the Klown Doll Museum in Nebraska of all places. And let’s not forget John Wayne Gacy’s clown paintings at...
