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Strange museums
| June 20th, 2022 at 11:34:12 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4969 | So my wife is headed to Scotland and Wales for purely tourism and found a museum in Wales that sounds terribly exciting. THE BAKED BEAN MUSEUM OF EXECELLENCE I have stopped at a lot of strange museums but I am jealous that I will not get a chance to go to this one. I have been lucky enough to visit the world's largest baked potato in Blackfoot Idaho and the worlds largest pistachio in Alamogordo New Mexico but neither of those hold a can of beans to The Baked Beans Museum of Excellence. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| June 20th, 2022 at 1:22:11 PM permalink | |
| missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 96 Posts: 3103 | Here's a couple, dedicated to torture. in USA: https://medievaltorturemuseum.com/ in Prague: https://www.museumtorture.com/ |
| June 20th, 2022 at 2:48:58 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4969 |
Have you been to those two? If so, was it interesting? At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| June 21st, 2022 at 5:57:31 PM permalink | |
| missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 96 Posts: 3103 |
No. I like going up the Columbia Gorge to Maryhill. Originally the home of Sam Hill, he formed a Quaker farming community dedicated to the arts and free love there about a hundred years ago. Ultimately his plan failed, so he decided to have a museum. Much of the interesting, eclectic stuff came from his friends, including royalty: I love the gold (gilded) throne and furniture. The permanent collection includes: Auguste Rodin Indigenous Peoples of North America George E. Muehleck, Jr. Gallery of International Chess Sets Art Nouveau Glass Loïe Fuller Queen Marie of Romania Orthodox Icons Théâtre de la Mode William and Catherine Dickson Sculpture Park see: https://www.maryhillmuseum.org/inside/mission-and-history |
| June 22nd, 2022 at 1:29:01 AM permalink | |
| OnceDear Member since: Nov 21, 2017 Threads: 11 Posts: 1510 | If you ever get to England, don't miss the Keswick Pencil Museum. https://www.parkcliffe.co.uk/thing-to-do/keswick-pencil-museum/ |
| June 22nd, 2022 at 1:08:59 PM permalink | |
| missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 96 Posts: 3103 | Not really a "museum," it's a private car collection I viewed in stumptown. As a former Ferrari owner I really appreciated seeing these lovely machines up close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWub5jMmub0 |
| June 22nd, 2022 at 2:26:36 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11807 | I was in a rich person's museum The guy seemed to collect everything Even had an actual noose collection Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| June 22nd, 2022 at 2:30:26 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11807 | Saw this in OK   Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |