Happy Good Friday! Well, maybe not so happy, but today is the religious holiday observed primarily by Christians in commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. So they’re happy because they know he’s coming back. Or something. Did you know at the Israel Museum there is a heel bone punctured...
Yesterday’s tragedy in Arizona had me thinking lots of things. But considering this blog is usually about strange, little museums and not political events, I thought I’d look up a weird museum located in Tucson, Arizona. Founded forty-five years ago by a former pharmacist, the History of Pharmacy Museum is...
Happy May Day! No, I’m not talking about the celebration of spring, like in the film Wicker Man, today is about honoring the international labor and left-wing movements from around the world. It all started in Chicago on May 1, 1886 when unionists, reformers, socialists, anarchists and workers got together...
I mentioned a Russian museum yesterday, so I thought I’d share something somewhat related. Last year there was a Russian Criminal Tattoo exhibit by Fuel Design in London. It included 120 original drawings by Danzig Baldaev, a prison guard from 1948 to 1986, who documented the art and meanings of...
If you have a thing for toilets (and who doesn’t?), then you’re in luck. There is another lavatory-related museum to add to the list. We’ve told you about the Toilet Seat Art Museum, Munich’s Chamber Pot Museum, and let’s not forget the late, great Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue. But...
On this date in 1692 the famous Salem witch trials executed five people, one woman and four men, who were convicted of witchcraft (even though that’s open to debate…let’s ask Christine O'Donnell for her expert opinion). The accusations continued into the next month as eight more people were hanged. What’s...
We have covered the Mütter Museum before on the blog. In case you didn’t already know, it is part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The museum started in 1858 with the medical research collection of Dr. Thomas Mütter. Known for oddities, specimens, wax models, and antique medical instruments,...
Years ago I went to the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Yorkshire is a beautiful place, yet the atmosphere at their house is bleak as the family lived in the middle of a graveyard. If you like reading Jane Austen, then this place isn’t for you. Cheers!
Postcard of the Midget Museum in Blackpool, England. In case you didn’t know, Blackpool is a seaside resort town full of tourist crap. Nowadays it’s politically incorrect to call a little person a midget. Just remember that. Please. I don’t want to get you in trouble.
There are postcard collections, and then there’s a collection so specific you can’t believe it exists. But it makes sense the Donald McGill Seaside Postcard Museum is around when you consider that seaside resorts and hotels became a popular tourist destination in Britain at the end of the 19th century....
