Museum of Aviation Posted: 1 year ago by Turtle
Visitors to Warner Robins will discover the "Crown Jewel" of Middle Georgia -- the Museum of Aviation, now the second largest museum in the United States Air Force. Displaying 93 aircraft and hundreds of exhibits on a beautiful 51 acre site, the museum has grown into a significant exhibit, education and cultural center drawing more than 500,000 visitors a year. Great intro.
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Modern Museum To Have Pizza Box As An Artifact Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
In an attempt to collect artifacts that represent life from modern times, the Finnish National Museum and the Helsinki City Museum are keeping a box for a frozen pizza as one of their several new collectibles.
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Amsterdam's hash museum Posted: 1 year ago by kissmenow
Amsterdam's Hash museum - or Museum of Hash, Marijuana and Hemp, to give it its full title, is to be found on one of the canals running through the city's red light district. Tourists of all ages and nationalities are drawn to the area by its reputation as a haven of easily accessible sex and drugs.
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The Icelandic Phallological Museum Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
The Icelandic Phallological Museum is probably the only museum in the world to contain a collection of phallic specimens belonging to all the various types of mammal found in a single country. *NSFW*
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Lusting after that museum exhibit banner? Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
You know, the ones that are hanging all over advertising their latest exhibit. Even Elizabeth Taylor has these recycled artworks in her living room.
The nice thing is that a portion of the sale goes back to the museum. Cool pieces. Wish I could afford one.
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Define Irony: Neighbors intolerant of Museum of.. Tolerance. Posted: 10 months ago by tragluk
In the 14 years since it opened, the Museum of Tolerance has become an international sensation, attracting millions of visitors with its message of compassion and mutual respect. But to Sharron Lerman, who lives two blocks away, the landmark has become something more: a bad neighbor.
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Islamic clerics exorcise museum exhibit Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A group of Islamic clerics upset with an exhibit of supernatural artifacts at a Malaysian museum had it shut down after alleging it violated their faith.
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Children's museum executive arrested in child porn case Posted: 1 year ago by wags273
The chief operating officer of the National Children's Museum in Washington was arrested Tuesday on child pornography charges, accused of using his work computer to send explicit images to others — including an undercover New York City detective.
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Deutsches Museum in Munich - Science and Technology Posted: 10 months ago by xarj
Photo Gallery and information about the Grand Deutsches Museum in Munich. The German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology.
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Toronto's Bata Shoe Museum Posted: 9 months ago by suebe
Want to see Elton John's, Elvis' and Marilyn Monroe's shoes? Fashion history?
This is a real girly experience. I visited not long after the museum first opened.
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New Wing Luke Museum opens after a decade of planning Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
For decades, it was just another empty building in Chinatown. But first thing Saturday morning, the lines began to form. The long-neglected East Kong Yick Building had been transformed into the new Wing Luke Asian Museum
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Museum Blends Art and Science to Depict Human Body Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
In London's new Wellcome Museum, you can view Da Vinci sketches of the heart while listening to Hank Williams' "You Cheatin' Heart", hear audio commentaries about a lock of King George III's hair, or check out a wax sculpture of an AIDS victim infused with a dose of her meds.
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Houston museum offering to buy cockroaches Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A Houston museum is offering 25 cents per cockroach to fill an exhibit about the wonders of insects that eat decomposing things.
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Kuntzkamera Museum: Freaky People & Torture Instruments Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
“Kuntzkamera” is a museum in St. Petersburg founded by Russian Tsar Peter the First. He collected different weird stuff from all over Russia such as freaky people, animals preserved in alcohol, torture instruments, strange paintings and much more. Here are photos:
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Woodstock Museum Becomes A Campaign Issue Posted: 1 year ago by dollyllama
"This is the farthest thing from a hippie museum that anything could be," declared Harold Russell, a dairy farmer who is the town supervisor -- and a reelection-seeking Republican -- in Bethel. "I personally take a little offense to that."
Follow up to DEP's post here.
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Picasso Painting Stolen in Brazil Museum Heist Posted: 12 months ago by KateHadson
Paintings by Paolo Picasso and Candido Portinari, the most valuable pieces in the Sao Paolo Museum of Art collection, were thieved. These paintings had not gone to auction therefore it was difficult to estimate their value.
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The Sex Machines Museum Posted: 10 months ago by kamaloo
Some images from The Sex Machines Museum in Prague. Lots of kinky stuff that only show how sick and perverted the human mind has always been. NSFW Warning
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Russian museum selling Cold War fears Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A new museum in Moscow is attempting to draw in tourists by offering them a taste of the Cold War fears that once gripped most of the world.
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ABBA museum to open in 2008 Posted: 2 years ago by Wingnut
Museum in Sweden will be dedicated solely to the music, clothing and history of ABBA and is expected to draw 500,000 visitors a year.
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Get Some Culture For Free Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
On September 30, 2006, for one day only, museums across the country will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standing tradition of offering free admission to visitors. For the first time, Museum Day is open to the general public as well as Smithsonian magazine’s subscribers. Please go to the "What is Museum Day page" and click on the link to print your Museum Day card. This card is good for two people at any of the hundreds of participating museums!
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Largest Baseball Bat In The World Posted: 3 weeks ago by AutumnLotus
Without a doubt, this is the world's largest baseball bat, which can be found at the Louisville Slugger Museum, 800 West Main Street, Louisville, KY. It's 120 feet tall and said to be modeled after Babe Ruth's bat.
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