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...
What if you lived in two different countries at the same time? Apparently this is a “thing” in Baarle-Hertog, a Belgian town just over 30 miles from Antwerp, but actually located three miles in the Netherlands. Confused? You’re not alone. In the early 12th century, medieval lords started to swap...
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...
I dedicate this Mini Cake Museum post to my 900th follower mark2wen (or maybe it’s hopeluststeam). It’s such a special occasion, so why not eat some cake? Okay, the cake might be made of Styrofoam, but the icing is real…and it’s the thought that counts. In the 1970s “Cake Lady”...
Created by Efisio Marini, an Italian naturalist doctor, this table is made completely out of human remains, including petrified brain, blood, liver, bile, lung, and glands. On the top of the table sits a foot, four ears, and a cut vertebrae. It is housed as the Museum of the History...
Sarcastic answer: A bunch of academics looking to come up with an excuse to not have to go out into the real world created another bullshit program that would let them write more dissertations no one would read. Shit like “Curating Cities as Text: Contesting Art using Literary Narrative, Visual...
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...
August’s here, which means it’s time to take a road trip before summer comes to an end and it’s too late. The Enchanted Highway is a 32-mile stretch of paved county highway between Regent and Gladstone in North Dakota. As you roll down this stretch of concrete in the middle...
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...
If you’re interested in sex and happen to live in London, then I suggest you check out the new “Institute of Sexology” exhibit at the Wellcome Collection. Over 200 objects will be display, from art objects and rare archival material to erotica and film. This is the first UK exhibition...
