Skulls Unlimited is not the name of the newest, coolest band; it’s the world’s largest supplier of bone specimens to museums and medical colleges…and to little old you. Hey, if you want to buy a one-of-a-kind reptile skeleton, that’s none of my business. It’s your money! Anyway, right next door...
Since I started this tumblr I’ve written a lot about taxidermy. But I can’t believe I haven’t written specifically about Russian taxidermy before. What’s wrong me? The Museum of the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg is one of the largest of its kind in the world and Russia’s most popular...
Located in People’s Square, Shanghai, the Urban Planning museum displays the city’s urban planning and development as well as its history. The centerpiece is a scale model depicting Shanghai circa 2020. Every single building (at least every planned one) in China’s most populated city can be viewed alongside or from...
This is basically just part 2 (or a photo dump post) from a July visit to Obscura Antiques & Oddities in New York City’s East Village, which is also a television show on the Discovery Channel. I’m sure some of you guys have seen it. If you’re huge fans, then...
Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology, Manchester, England, 1831. Science Museum, London Phrenology originated with German physician Franz Joseph Gall with assistance from his colleague, Johann Kaspar Spurzheim. Phrenologists believed that the shape and size of various areas of the brain and skull determined personality. These heads are...
Blame the craziness of life for not blogging all week. There is life outside the internet? No, you must be lying. Wait…what’s the internet? As far as I know, the internet was not invented by Al Gore, but it is a well-known fact that a couple of Belgian lawyers birthed...
Something tells me this next museum wouldn’t interest the Jersey Shore types. I can imagine Snooki saying something like “Ew, gross!” followed by “I miss Jionni!” Even though I just admitted to my 9,000 followers that I watch Jersey Shore, that’s okay, because I read three books and visited two...
Happy Good Friday! Well, maybe not so happy, but today is the religious holiday observed primarily by Christians in commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. So they’re happy because they know he’s coming back. Or something. Did you know at the Israel Museum there is a heel bone punctured...
Yesterday’s tragedy in Arizona had me thinking lots of things. But considering this blog is usually about strange, little museums and not political events, I thought I’d look up a weird museum located in Tucson, Arizona. Founded forty-five years ago by a former pharmacist, the History of Pharmacy Museum is...
We have covered the Mütter Museum before on the blog. In case you didn’t already know, it is part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The museum started in 1858 with the medical research collection of Dr. Thomas Mütter. Known for oddities, specimens, wax models, and antique medical instruments,...
