The Angel of the North, located in Gateshead, England, is a contemporary steel sculpture designed over fifteen years ago by artist Antony Gormley. The thing is as tall as four double decker buses and has a wingspan as big as that of a jumbo jet. It is also seen by...
With the passing (or should I say decaying) of Surrealist artist H.R. Giger let me bring back an old post from a year and a half ago: Follower tonyrios87 informed me about the existence of the HR Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland. As you guessed by the name of the...
Ever wish a museum was open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Well, if you’re a resident of New York City, I have news for you…you’re in luck. Built into an abandoned freight elevator and accessible only down a dark alley, the museum is simply called Museum (how...
We’ve covered small museums here before…you might recall Musée-Placard d’Erik Satie, Edgar’s Closet or even the World’s Largest Collection of the World’s Smallest Versions of the World’s Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction and Museum. In the 1970s Swiss artist Herbert Distel worked on his Schubladenmuseum (Museum of Drawers), a collection...
Considering the great number of “spam” followers and likes I’ve been receiving lately, I thought it would only be appropriate to post something on the SPAM Museum. Located at the Hormel headquarters in Austin, Minnesota, the museum is dedicated to everything mystery meat…from a towering wall of 3,390 SPAM cans...
For its upcoming “Container Architecture” exhibition, the NRW-Forum Duesseldorf invited architects, designers and artists from all over the world to submit designs for container architecture. In response, the group submitted some 100 designs — many built, others conceptual — for consideration. The exhibition, which runs from June 8 through September...
I don’t know if I’m scared to fly, but I certainly hate it, especially when it involves long ass overseas trips. Always remember to take an airline that serves free alcohol or you’ll be sorry. Probably the worst part of traveling is all the time spent waiting in airports due...
Apparently it’s Museum Week, which has something to do with hundreds of cultural institutions from around the world engaging the public with hashtags or something. How fun! (sarcasm) Unfortunately I’m not an important cultural institution (at least not yet) but I do write about museums on this blog so I...
Typically this blog shares unusual museums and attractions (and sometimes exhibits) with its readers but what about a weird item? An extraordinary sculpture, known as ‘Palace of Pills’, located in the History of Medicine gallery at London's Science Museum was made for a campaign run by the East London Health...
When I visited a friend in Berlin over two years ago, I really really really wanted to go to Dresden and Leipzig and Dessau…and the list goes on and on. Thank goodness I have no pennies in my pocket, and my travel itch has been temporarily solved by this blog,...
