Well, imagine no longer - this place exists, as do a number of museums dedicated to the oddities such as history of funeral, medical specimens, barbed wire and more. Better yet, they can all be found in one place to the United States. Thus, if the idea of Miss jewellery made of hair is too much to bear, discover some of the strangest museums in America.
Of course, the wackiness does not stop it. Share your favorite crazy in the comments below museums.
History of the national funeral MuseumAccording to the Museum of Houston, "any day above ground is good." But for those of us who happily refer, the National Museum of history of the burial is there to help us understand what it is to deal with death. Founded in 1992, its mission is to preserve the heritage of the funeral industry. This is accomplished through coins as a full-scale replica of the crypt of Pope John Paul II, a plant of coffin of the 20th century and a war civil embalming diorama.
415 Barren Springs Drive, Houston, TX. 281-876-3063
Admission: Adults: $10. Children: $7; Seniors: $9
Leila's hair Museum
Apparently, back in Victorian times, the cool thing to do was make wreaths, jewelry and other ornamentation of hair. And, thanks to the Museum of hair of Leila in independence, Missouri, the tradition is still alive. Here, visitors can see 159 crowns and over 2,000 pieces of jewellery or hair which date from before 1900. There are watch charms, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, chains, pins, hat pins and sheaves of two sisters who shaved head to enter a convent.
1333 South Noland Road, independence, MO. 816-833-2955
Admission: Adults: $5; Seniors and children: $2.50
The Museum known on this list, the Mutter Museum is perhaps where visitors to Philadelphia to go to get creeped out by specimens and medical oddities. Always wanted to see tumor of Grover Cleveland, a liver joints of Siamese twins, a slice of brain of the murderer, a woman who turned to wax after death? Well, this is the place. Consider only eat lunch after visiting rather than before.
19, 22 S. St., Philadelphia, PA; 215-563-3737
Admission: Adults: $14; Children: $10. Seniors: $10.
Museum Trash
A true testament to the theory that trash man is the Treasury of another man is the Museum of trash to Hartford (Connecticut). Managed by the resource recovery authority in Connecticut, the Museum explores all waste of things like the problems of garbage traditional and diverse, sustainable solutions to the problem. Exhibitions include a recycling operation facility, a mural depicting the history of waste management and visualization of how many trash one person produces annually.
211 Murphy Road, Hartford, CT. 860-757-7765
Admission: $2.
Unable to get enough of America's favorite canned meat? Then hightail it over the SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota to learn all about culinary icon of Hormel invented in 1937. Here, visitors can practise canning SPAM products (which are 13), refresh SPAM trivia, learn more on SPAM products and their role in the second world war and load you in official Merck of SPAM. Perhaps these points of SPAM will pair nicely with a recollection of the Museum of Vidalia Onions.
1101 Main St. N, Austin, MN; 1 800-LUV-SPAM.
Admission: free
Good art is so pedestrian - each museum has good art. But only bad art adorns the walls of the three sites of Massachusetts of the Museum of Bad Art. Founded in 1993, the MOBA is "dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms and in all its glory." works ranging from the "oops" moments of talented artists to something, a first-grader could pin up on the fridge.
Dedham community theatre: 580 High St., Dedham, Massachusetts; 781-444-6757
Admission: free
Somerville Theatre: 55 Davis Square, Somerville MA
Admission: free with purchase of theater admission
Brookline access television: 46, rue Tappan, top floor, Brookline, MA
Admission: free
A museum all about barbed wire - apparently nicknamed Devil's rope. And, apparently, this Museum in McLean, Texas is the largest Museum of barbed wire in the world. Founded in 1991, it says "all about" the history of barbed wire, its objects, the importance of the invention and the impact on the development of the West. This includes exhibitions on the military use of the Wire barbed, development of cowboy tools and rare artifacts of barbed wire, and how to demonstrations of barbed wire. Western pleasure continues at the connected Texas old Route 66 Museum.
St. 100 Kingsley, McLean, TX. 806-779-2225
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