Comments on: Eight Museums You Won't Be Bored By

By: 1packer

1packer — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:57:02 +0000

I live by the mustard museum, and while I agree you won't be bored by it, a much more interesting museum is the dead squirrel museum in the basement of a funeral home in Madison.

By: steveG

steveG — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:26:26 +0000

Pity about the apocryphal assertion that Trolls originated in Mt Horeb. We europeans know they came from Denmark, originally, despite an attempted act of copyright piracy by a US firm in the 60's. Google: "More Dam things from Denmark"

By: ishou

ishou — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:03:29 +0000

If you decide to create an international list, be sure to include the Meguro Parasite Museum(Kiseichuu Hakubutsukan) in Meguro, Tokyo. It's a tiny little place, but it's filled to the brim with parasites, including an 8.8 meter tapeworm taken from someone's body. Very gross.
It's never very crowded, and super cheap.

By: Lola

Lola — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:41:33 +0000

Try the saint louis city museum

By: JackCarter

JackCarter — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:06:45 +0000

THE CITY MUSEUM- ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

just awesome

By: JGB

JGB — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:50:48 +0000

Don't forget the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston, TX.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/owenbrady/2153821370/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/owenbrady/2153026957/in/photostream/

By: Jerry Lent

Jerry Lent — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:50:47 +0000

Some of the people who seem to have a fear of clowns, must have read too many Stephen Kings stories..

By: Epicanis

Epicanis — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:36:29 +0000

I came here to ask how you could possibly have this list and NOT have the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices on it - but I see someone has beaten me to it. Dangit.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:06:27 +0000

Do yourself a favor and check out MoOM, the Museum of Online Museums, at http://www.coudal.com/moom/

If you scroll down the center column, you'll be astounded at their collection, whether for good or ill. Enjoy!

By: Cheri

Cheri — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:55:54 +0000

The Orange Show is a MUST SEE if you're in Houston.

By: Nat X

Nat X — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:24:57 +0000

Aw, come on! What about Leila's Hair Museum in Independence, MO? Who wouldn't love ENTIRE rooms covered in Victorian hair wreaths? And I second William Perry's recommendation of the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, MO. The creepiest part is their use of 1970s/1980s store mannequins in their displays. And if your headed over to Munich, Germany any time soon, please spend some time at the Center for Unusual Museums (ZAM: Zentrum für Aussergewöhnliche Museen") which features a Chamberpot Museum, the Easter Bunny Museum, the Pedal Car Museum and MORE!

By: Jody

Jody — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:40:48 +0000

I am planning some short weekend trips around the country this summer and the Funeral Customs looks VERY interesting. Thank for the info.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:48:30 +0000

This makes me think of another interesting article idea "Places that shouldn't have gift shops, but do." The one example I can think of off the top of my head is the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. I have a towel and a t-shirt from there. I don't know if it's still open.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:24:25 +0000

I went to the Clown Museum... as I stood outside, I laughed uncontrollably, however once inside, I couldn't stop crying.

By: Watch TV

Watch TV — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:02:50 +0000

Mustard Museum and MOBA (museum of bad art) actually looks quite good.

By: natalie

natalie — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:59:19 +0000

The stuff about Lincoln at the Museum of Funeral Customs isn't that random. He was the first embalmed president after all!

By: William Ferry

William Ferry — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:15:32 +0000

You haven't lived until you've visited the Glore Psychiatric Museum in St .Joseph, Mo
http://www.stjosephmuseum.org/glore.php

Where else can you learn about trepanation? Doesn't everybody want to put a hole in some part of the anatomy - well now you'll be able to drill right into the skull.

And that's just one exhibit.

Bill

By: percivalsmithers

percivalsmithers — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:04:42 +0000

Great museums listed. Mutter is my favorite.

If you expand the list internationally, you should check out the Penis Museum in Husavik, Iceland. Imagine an entire building filled with stuffed, tanned, and pickled penises of animals found in and around Iceland. Blue whales are not the biggest (at least judging from the specimens on display) and the best section is the "Legendary Animals." Elves, trolls, hidden people, merman, and ghost penises are the best. http://www.phallus.is

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:24:57 +0000

If it were still going, the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices here in the Twin Cities would come highly recommended. It's now an exhibit in the Science Museum of Minnesota, if anyone wants to see it.

By: jess

jess — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:24:39 +0000

The prospect of a clown museum is down right horrifing. The clown in the middle of the picture featuring the mueseum must be a satan clown because he looks possessed and evil! Come on down kids!

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:16:46 +0000

When I was at the Pirate Soul Museum last October I snuck a picture at one of the oldest authentic pirate flags. The museum was a little cartoony, but did have some authentic pirate antiques and paraphernalia, though I wish they had had more. It is worth a trip.

By: Dulcey

Dulcey — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:53:41 +0000

I've been to the Spam Museum 3 times, I think -- plan maybe 2 hours for a visit, and it's great fun. There's interactive things for all ages, you can watch the Monty Python skit, play a game show, you can watch a tape of the Spamettes, what chefs do with Spam (LOVE spam musubi), and more. And I own the earrings! I get a comment every time I wear them. There's also a Spam docent, giving out samples....

By: emptyminded

emptyminded — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:51:10 +0000

Great stuff, except for the clowns. They creep me out too. I wonder if Ketchup/Catsup has a museum.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:11:55 +0000

hah! I went to the Whiskey museum last September during the Int'l Bourbon festival there in Bardstown (my partner is a bourbon-swilling kentucky native). It's really fabulous and has some great prohibition-era signs like 'Eternal vigilance is the price of decency'.

By: Urbanist

Urbanist — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:53:05 +0000

Bad art museum ... ouch! Really, though, I'd much rather not pretend to like bad art than go to a 'fine arts gallery' and fake my enjoyment of utter crap

By: joo

joo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:10:17 +0000

i LOVE the mütter museum, i went there a few months ago and after a few hours my girlfriend had to drag me out...

By: ms

ms — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:37:53 +0000

Not as funny as these, but check out the Toy and Miniature Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. It's awesome. Certainly more boring than the mustard museum, but I think a very enjoyable afternoon nonetheless.

By: elliott

elliott — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:28:43 +0000

The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles displays nearly useless works that people spend their whole life creating.

By: Zakk Underhill

Zakk Underhill — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:56:04 +0000

I've been wanting to go to the Museum of Funeral Customs for so long...

By: DB

DB — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:27:24 +0000

I can attest to the awesomeness of the mustard museum.