London’s Garden Museum (formerly the Museum of Garden History) offers exhibitions and programs on gardens and garden design. It’s located in a former parish church. I think Britain is the perfect place for a museum devoted to gardens. All that rain helps the flowers grow.
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...
Let me tell you about the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft. No, this isn’t the latest episode of Game of Thrones (even though some of the show is filmed there as well as Northern Ireland, Malta, Croatia, Morocco and the freakin’ moon) when the Red Witch Lady gives birth...
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
I couldn’t let Neil Young‘s 70th birthday pass by without mentioning there is an actual museum dedicated to him. Neil might have sung about “a town in north Ontario” in the song “Helpless” but he spent part of his childhood in what is more like south-central Ontario, in the town...
If you’ve read this blog long enough, then you already know how much I love historic house museums (read my thoughts on the topic here). Maybe not all old houses should be turned into museums, but the Hearthstone House in Appleton, Wisconsin is an exception. It was the first residence...
Kazan is the capital of Tatarstan, a republic of Russia. Not only is the state a great mixture of Russian and Tatar culture, but it is also where you can find a museum that celebrates the old USSR. For those feeling a bit nostalgic or who just want a peek...
While Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, is famous for Resurrection Mary, a vanishing hitchhiker who supposedly still lingers at the cemetery’s main gate and is known to catch rides down Archer Road before disappearing, there is something far more interesting inside. The 1960s mausoleum is a modern architectural masterpiece, full...
In my attempt to read the run-on ramblings of Morrissey’s memoirs (who is made of “Irish Blood, English Heart”) I thought I’d keep it interesting with my obsessive curatorial tendencies (and I once lived in Manchester, which means my heart also bleeds very damp industrial tears) by noting every mention*...
Anybody need insurance? In Kraków, you will find the world’s only Insurance Museum, Budynek Muzeum Ubezpieczeń. Located on the premises of PZU, one of the oldest insurance institutions, objects from the last three centuries are on display to show the development of insurance activities in Poland. Items include the insurance...
