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. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

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* picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

A cat that has become a regular visitor to a museum for famous haiku poet Issa Kobayashi (1763-1827) here has been made a special director of the museum.
The cat, Sora, makes daily visits from his owner's house nearby to the town-run Issa Memorial Museum in Shinano. picked by kakana 7 months ago

An off duty security at the Seattle Art Museum named Amanda Mae was fired when she removed papers museum visitors had put on a work by Yoko Ono. It is a public participation piece entitled, "Painting to Hammer a Nail." After working for about a half hour, the museum's curator came into the gallery and told her to stop. She was fired the following day when she came in to work. The museu... read full post picked by jasontho 2 months ago

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. picked by Turtle 2 years ago

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. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

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. picked by suebe 1 year ago

The same creationist museum recently visited by palaeontologists turns out to actually agree with evolution. Well, microevolution, and mainly just to make some sense of the Noah's ark story. picked by Doggylives 5 months ago

A strange museum with a collection of deformed human remains, old school medical instruments and other bizarre items. It includes over 300 skulls, the skeletons of two-headed people, a woman whose flesh turned to "soap" and much more.

Lot's of pics, some NSFW, some a bit disturbing picked by bingo 5 months ago

“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: picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

"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. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

It took more than 30 years for the creators of Pez candy dispensers to give the little plastic figurines feet, and they never did get hands. But now the long arm of the Pez Candy Co. has reached all the way from Linz, Austria, into U.S. District Court, where it has slapped the tiny faces that fill Burlingame's Museum of Pez Memorabilia with a lawsuit.

*link fixed picked by kakana 4 months ago

The Alamo may attract millions of Arizona visitors each year, but a little museum in Alamo Heights ranks higher than both of them when it comes to off-the-wall attractions. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

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. picked by tragluk 2 years ago

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. picked by KateHadson 2 years ago

New York photographer Zach Hyman, who been making news by shooting nude models in public places, could only watch as his shoot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art turned into a worst-case scenario.

Follow up to this story. picked by tigertony 3 months ago

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 picked by kamaloo 2 years ago

In conjunction with The Intellectual Property Office, Wallace & Gromit will be taking over the London Science Museum from 28th March with an exhibition of inventions and other Cracking Ideas picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

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. picked by wags273 2 years ago