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The Azerbaijani Carpet Museum Building

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020Weirdo

The Azerbaijani Carpet Museum in Baku is shaped like a carpet.

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The word “museum” is derived…

May 27, 2020Weirdo

The word “museum” is derived from the word “musaeum” which translates to Institution Of The Muses, the Muses being the nine goddesses of the arts.

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The Grand Canyon Museum had…

November 19, 2019Weirdo

The Grand Canyon Museum had three buckets of radioactive uranium ore on display for 18 years, and only found out when a kid was goofing around with a Geiger counter.

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In 2014 the beard of the Golden Mask…

October 29, 2019Weirdo

In 2014 the beard of the Golden Mask of Tutankhamun fell off as it was cleaned by Museum employees, trying to cover up their mistake they tried to glue it back on with quick-dry plastic glue, leaving it off-center. This was later noticed and the employees got charged with “reckless destruction”.

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When a painting was stolen…

October 6, 2019Weirdo

When a painting was stolen from the Museum of Bad Art, the museum initially offered a reward of $6.50 for its return. This was latter upped to $36.73. Ten years later, the thief contacted the museum and demanded a $5000 ransom for the painting. No ransom was paid, but it was returned anyway.

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In 2016, a 155-year-old mousetrap…

January 3, 2019Weirdo

In 2016, a 155-year-old mousetrap kept on display in a museum in Berkshire caught a mouse.

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Japan has a museum devoted entirely to rocks…

January 19, 2017Weirdo

Japan has a museum devoted entirely to rocks that look like faces. There are over 1,700 rocks on display, and they include rocks that look like E.T. and Elvis Presley.

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There is a museum in Croatia named…

June 16, 2016Weirdo

There is a museum in Croatia named “Froggyland” which is entirely composed of over 500 stuffed Frogs in human positions.

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There are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks….

May 2, 2015Weirdo

There are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks and McDonalds — combined.

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P.T. Barnum noticed people were lingering too long at his exhibits so he posted…

November 23, 2014Weirdo

P.T. Barnum noticed people were lingering too long at his exhibits so he posted signs indicating “This Way to the Egress”. Not knowing that “Egress” was another word for “Exit”, people followed the signs to what they assumed was a fascinating exhibit — and ended up outside.

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