10 Very Weird 'Artifacts' & Museums
The Met is quaking
Published 3 months ago in Wow
Priceless paintings. Elaborate sculptures. Sensors that start blaring when you accidentally look a little too hard at "The Starry Night."
Of all the one-of-a-kind items that fill our museums, a few institutions aren't afraid to push the boundaries of what is worth a spot behind the glass. Just ask the curators of the SPAM® Museum, the BibleWalk Wax Museum, and frankly, the Smithsonian institution.
From a dead monkey astronaut to an actual atomic bomb, here are 10 very weird artifacts and museums.
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The Museum of Bad Art
“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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Canned Museum
“There is a museum in Austin, MN dedicated to Spam, and it tells the history of Hormel company, the origins of the canned product, and its place in world culture. The Spam Museum is free of charge, and the volunteer guides, known as Spambassadors, offer visitors tours and free Spamples to savor.”
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Little Boy, Big Problems
“The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC displayed a working 'Little Boy' Atom Bomb that lacked only uranium until 1986. Then the Department of Energy took the bomb from the museum to remove its inner components so it could not be stolen and detonated with fissile material.”