Sorry I’ve been missing in action. I told you that shit was going to happen, but please stick with me as I try to get back in the game of blogging about weird museums. Here in the good ol’ United States of America people are preparing for the holiday of...
As the never-ending 2016 U.S. presidential election continues in Philadelphia with the Democratic National Convention, a local museum has an exhibit all about presidents. Well, not exactly. It’s actually about presidential hair, which seems appropriate considering Donald Trump has the world’s most amazing (or hideous) combover. The Academy of Natural...
If you spend a lot of time on social media, you might have noticed some Americans have confused Labor Day with Memorial Day or even Veterans Day. Today is not about honoring veterans or the military dead, it is strictly about celebrating workers and the labor movement. I actually received...
Yesterday’s post made me think all of you guys are secret practical Catholics (only one freakin’ like), so no more Knights of Columbus mentions here. That sucks because I was planning on lots of religious museums, collections and exhibits for the upcoming Easter/Passover holidays, well, maybe this next one will...
Interior of the Field Museum, c.1919. And Interior of the Field Museum, c.2011.
If you’re up late at night wondering where the oldest surviving American-made chair is located, well, I have the answer you’ve long been waiting for. Outside of Boston, Massachusetts is the Dedham Historical Society, home of the Metcalf Chair, made in 1652 during the Colonial Era. Its date is even...
Whether I like it or not, everyone and their mother is telling me what beer they are drinking on Untappd. I made a joke on twitter once, something like, “For every beer you drink on Untappd I expect an update from some other social media site that tells me when...
A scan of both sides of a flash card illustrating how to say “museum” in sign language. This 1979 card set, which was scavenged from a dumpster at the Art Institute of Chicago about ten years ago, features an enjoyable collection of rudimentary drawings that attempt to convey the most...
Racine, Wisconsin may have a fancy art museum, but it is also home to a Kewpee. Open since 1923, Kewpee is one of the earliest franchises of hamburger fast-food restaurants. In the 1920s there were over 200 restaurants in the Midwest and East; and by World War II the number...
I’m a vegetarian (well, kind of…in that I eat dead animals every 3 to 6 months). But if I ever find myself in Szeged, Hungary that won’t stop me from checking out the Salami and Paprika Museum. You can say cured meat is in my blood because my family used...
