A fat, pessimistic, and sarcastic cat who loves lasagna, Garfield the comic strip was first published on this date back in 1978. In celebration of its 34th birthday, I’ll relive the time I visited the Fairmount Historical Museum. You probably didn’t know the cartoon is set in Muncie, Indiana. The...
The exhibits at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettman, Germany, show the history of the Neanderthal and the original discovery of the Neanderthal skeleton along with five thematic areas in chronological order, including “Life and Survival”, “Tools and Knowledge”, “Myth and Religion”, “Environment and Nourishment” and “Communication and Society”. Part of...
Antique display of common eye diseases, seen at the Museum of the History of Medicine or Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine , Université René Descartes in Paris, France. The museum’s 18th century collection is one of the oldest in Europe.
Anyone need a phone? Check out the Museum for Communication in Berlin, which documents Germany’s national post network and communication history from the Middle Ages to the present day.
I bet you didn’t know that five (yep, FIVE!) Vice Presidents come from the Armpit of America, otherwise known as the great state of Indiana. Such an accomplishment has led Indiana to be the home of the country’s one and only Vice President Museum. Unfortunately Schuyler Colfax was passed over...
One of my earliest posts, which was nothing more than a random photo, was on the Lunchbox Museum. And so here I am again four years later posting another random photo from the place. Maybe I got lunch on my mind…or maybe it’s Georgia…I don’t know? Located in the Rivermarket...
I wanted to find a museum with a beautiful name and I think I found it with the Museum of Enduring Beauty in Melaka, Malaysia. Beautification started in the Medieval Ages and continues to this day. The museum was created in 1996 to bring “awareness of the different viewpoints held...
American Telephone Purse, 1980 (it actually works…ahead of its time) Sorry that I’ve been missing for nearly a week. Even though I’m female, I’m not much of a shopper of anything and that includes clothes, shoes and purses. But I never said I was a normal female. But if I...
The John Lennon Museum was located in Chuo-ku, Saitama, Japan. It was established to preserve knowledge of John Lennon’s life and musical career. It displayed Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono’s collection of his memorabilia as well as other displays. The museum opened on October 9, 2000, the 60th anniversary of Lennon’s...
Modern art has become so modern that it now needs to be displayed in a place few people go to…yeah, I’m talking about the bottom of the sea. In Cancun, Mexico artist Jason deCaires Taylor has an installation at the Museum of Underwater Modern Art. The “underwater” was included in...
