OT; bizarre museums and other things…

[scaredyclassic]

going to NYC and of course i want to check out the brand new MUSEUM OF MORBID ANATOMY

http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/

which got me thinking about the museum of jurassic technology in los angeles…

http://www.mjt.org

the museum of jurassic technology really is a mustsee place…on venice blvd…

differnt types of animals, but got me thinking. what strange places do piggington’s know of, if any…strange nooks of alternate views of reality…

[spdrun]

If you’re into that kind of thing, the Mutter Museum in Filthydelphia would be right up your alley and a 2-hr drive or train ride away.

[Hatfield]

I’m a huge fan of the MJT, it’s pure genius. I try choose my guests wisely because not everyone will “get” it, and I try to tell them as little as possible before visiting.

Not really a “bizarre” museum, but if you’re at all into technology, the Deutsches Museum in Munich is not to be missed. It’s sort of a cross between the Exploratorium and the Smithsonian. They have an amazing musical instrument collection as well as a great collection of cars, bikes, and motorcycles, plus some life-size tunnel-making exhibits and a big faraday cage you can climb into and get zapped with 100,000 volts while dangling 30 feet above ground. What’s not to love?

In Florence there’s a great museum of beautifully crafted Renaissance-era scientific apparatus. As a bonus, they also have on display Galileo’s middle finger.

The Musee Mechanique in San Francisco has a great collection of old arcade games, pinball machines, carny games, and mechanical dioramas. Admission is free and most of the games and devices cost a quarter.

I’ve been trying to get up to the Steam Engine Museum in Vista – in fact we almost went today but the day got away from us.

[scaredyclassic]

I really liked the cable car museum in sf. Even though I thought I wouldnt. Wish I’d see the arcade museum.

I wonder if Temecula needs a weird museum?

[Anonymous]

It’s days as a museum have passed but, as a Temecula resident, you should appreciate this place:

https://www.facebook.com/BergmansMuseumAguangaCa

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/108227116/Bergmans-Museum-of-Natural-History

Pigg relevant: It’s listed for sale!

http://www.redfin.com/CA/Aguanga/48140-Cahuilla-Rd-92536/home/5789389

There’s probably more to discover.

[UCGal]

[quote=spdrun]If you’re into that kind of thing, the Mutter Museum in Filthydelphia would be right up your alley and a 2-hr drive or train ride away.[/quote]
+1

medical oddities – some from former presidents… really a bizarre, but interesting museum on the UPenn campus.

[spdrun]

AFAIK, it’s not on the Penn campus but about 15 blocks away. I think 22nd and Chestnut.

[NotCranky]

Inquisition exhibit at the wax museum in Madrid is the strangest I have seen. Didn’t expect that. Pretty graphic.

My favorites are natural history museums, nothing too weird there.

[FlyerInHi]

I guess the morbid anatomy museum just opened. I’ll have to check it out… but a little creepy.

I guess back in the early 20th century and before, there was a lot more weird stuff. Now we have medical intervention.

I know a guy with 6 fingers on one hand. The extra one grew out of the thumb. Kinda weird. His parents never wanted to get it cut off because it was the will of God.

I used to be grossed out, but now I guess it’s cool. He married a beautiful wife who doesn’t mind at all. Their son just has 10 fingers.

[UCGal]

[quote=spdrun]AFAIK, it’s not on the Penn campus but about 15 blocks away. I think 22nd and Chestnut.[/quote]
You’re right. But I think it’s affilliated with UPenn medical school.

[scaredyclassic]

I can fold my tongue in 3 and make a freakishly loud clucking sound with my tongue that can echo through canyons but not sure that’s museum worthy

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