The Accordion Museum in Montmagny, Canada traces the history of the accordion and its influence on Quebec culture through instruments, photos and recordings. Asia is also well represented with instruments that show the use of the free reed (call them ancient ancestors of the accordion) that date back over 4,000...
Over the weekend on a visit to Kenosha, I accidentally bumped into Bjorn’s Clothing Store and Museum, described as the “anti-mall, un-Wal-Mart”. Owner Mike Bjorn’s “Tuxedo Wonder Museum” is just that, a true curiosity. All surfaces in the old Kresge’s dime store are covered with random and absurd things; a...
McDonald’s Big Mac is one of the most iconic sandwiches in the world, consisting famously of two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – on a sesame seed bun. The origins of the signature sandwich of the world’s most prominent fast food chain trace back to Pittsburgh local...
“A bizarre collection of stuffed animals that was broken up and sold around the world seven years ago has been reassembled for a one-off exhibition. The eccentric works of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter, in which stuffed animals mimic human life, were sold for more than £500,000 in 2003.” Walter Potter’s...
One of my favourite museums in the world is the Pitt Rivers Museum, which I’ve written about before on this blog. Why? Because the place is like literally stepping back in time. It’s understandable that museums change and update themselves, but something is lost in the process. Fortunately, visitors can...
Paradise Garden is recognized by art historians, art museums, art critics, government agencies, and preservationists as an exceptional example of a largely intact 20th century outsider art environment. It showcases the life’s work of renowned artist and preacher Howard Finster, a self proclaimed “Man of Visions,” who would later create...
This attraction, highlighted by one of my favourites atlasobscura (and I still owe them a guest post, but life is busy and I honestly don’t know what to write about…any ideas?), is a little spooky, even though it is just an exhibit, because it is literally underground. It’s part of...
We continue our guest posts with a visit to a funeral museum, which isn’t unusual for this blog as some of you well know. This Belongs in a Museum has taken you to Toland-Herzig Funeral Home’s Famous Endings Museum, Austria's Undertakers’ Museum, the now closed Museum of Funeral Customs, the...
I feel like I haven’t posted a photo from a random wax museum in a very long time. And after a quick look at my archive it appears to be true. Not since the Lebanese Hall of Fame, which is actually full of animated silicon models but that’s sort of...
Aug 10 in 1793, the Musée du Louvre (otherwise known as “Hey, let’s go to that Louv-ra place”, said by some American tourist) officially opened in Paris, becoming one of the world’s first museums. This tumblr likes weird things, so instead of focusing on the real Louvre like everyone else,...
Jan 27, known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. One of the most memorable museum experiences I had on a trip to Berlin five years ago was visiting the Jewish Museum. Over the last twenty years there...
Just an hour’s drive from Vienna is the small village of Herrnbaumgarten. Located near the Czech border and next to the wine village of Poysdorf (did someone say wine?) many people view this town in Lower Austria as a quirky place. Travel groups from Asia and other parts of Europe...
