Today is Presidents’ Day in the United States of America, which means you’re supposed to buy a mattress on sale and maybe learn a few things about the forty-four men who got to call themselves commander-in-chief. So let’s continue where we left off (check out Part 1 if you missed...
Happy (Inter?) National Coffee Day! Today you’re supposed to celebrate everybody’s favourite “wake me the hell up!” beverage with visits to coffee shops and posts on social media. But what about a coffee-related museum object? Well, thankfully the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has Abraham Lincoln’s coffee cup. Here’s...
When it comes to frozen pizza my stepfather has such a refined palate he thinks Tombstone and Jack’s are far superior to all other brands. Growing up with such nonsense I shudder at the thought of eating dehydrated cheese and processed meats off a piece of cardboard, actually any pizza...
Kodak Number 1, 1891 National Media Museum, England Kodak’s second camera was produced from 1889 to 1895. It “differs slightly from the original, featuring an easily removable lens board, and an improved sector shutter. The shutter was set by pulling a string and tripped by pressing a button on the...
This post isn’t about anything in particular (I mean it’s hardly museum-related) but I see it as my last chance to post some random cemetery photographs as October winds down. I knew the cremation rate was high in England and Wales (something like 75%) when I moved to Great Britain...
If you’re one of the lucky people who possesses a press pass, police and/or military badge, or just happens to know someone who knows someone, then you’ll be able to go inside Mexico City’s National Security building. What’s so exciting about a National Security building, you ask? Well, it’s the...
Look at all those books! If you have ever wanted to visit an ancient monastery reference library, then go to Austria right now. Just 12 miles from Linz, Saint Florian was consecrated in 1071, making it one of the oldest operational monasteries in the entire world. The library wing, added...
It always seems like this blog is trying to find the winner of the “World’s Tiniest Museum” - whether it’s the Red Telephone Box Museum or Musée-Placard d’Erik Satie or the Micro-Mµseum or the Hoosesagg Museum, there’s some stiff competition all over the world. Well, it looks like we might...
Icelandic artist/farmer Samúel Jónsson (1884-1969) lived alone next to the nearly uninhabited valley of Selárdalur for most of his life. As someone who pretty much despises all human beings, this sounds like a dream come true. Lucky for me (if only I could afford air fare), Jónsson’s artwork is preserved...
If you plan to visit the city of Tomar in Portugal, make sure not to bring any pyromaniacs with you. Located south of the old town in the former Convento de Sao Francisco is the Matchbox Museum (or the Aquiles da Mota Lima Museum of Matches). Believe it or not,...
