40 Ways In Which Museums Went Above And Beyond To Impress Visitors
Some museum displays are out of the ordinary, and that's us putting it lightly. Check out some of the weirdest discoveries from all over the world.
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Visits to the museum are a chance to expand one’s knowledge via visual and auditory learning. Many people enjoy strolling through the cool corridors exploring and questioning whether what you see is indeed real.
Today we inspect a collection of images in the gallery below of museum finds that are considered to be some of the oddest, bizarre and eye-catching museum pieces to be exhibited to man.
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Zorro The Bus Conductor (edited): It's nice to see those iconic cuddly toys. However the REAL Christopher Robin used to own a book shop in Dartmouth (UK) and I saw him a few times when I visited it. It would have been nice to have had a good old natter about his life but I respected his privacy and bought my books and left. ???
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Paul C.: @RamiRudolph I appreciate what you are saying that Claudette Colvin was under appreciated, but I don't think you can say that Rosa Parks was overrated. Her stance was vital to the Civil Rights movement.
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Now on display at the History Museum of Armenia.
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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het: So,Gru succeeded after all.
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Now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, it is the world's best-preserved 17th-century ship.
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sleepybear: they look rather stone-faced to me
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Chihuahua Mama: Living mice in the museum: "if I stay perfectly still when I see a human, they will think I'm just a display"
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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein: Worlds earliest attempt at googly eyes.
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Goose of the Ahonkalypse: One of the greatest joys of parenting for me was getting to learn how to pronounce about 60 dinosaur/prehistoric creature names correctly for my dino obsessed kid. I'm still really proud of myself for this one.
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#1 That's Unreal
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Zorro The Bus Conductor (edited): It's nice to see those iconic cuddly toys. However the REAL Christopher Robin used to own a book shop in Dartmouth (UK) and I saw him a few times when I visited it. It would have been nice to have had a good old natter about his life but I respected his privacy and bought my books and left. ???
#2 Museum Glass vs. Regular Glass
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#3 From My Trip Through The Holocaust Museum, This Little Boy Took His Boot Off To Shower And Never Put It Back On
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#4 The Original Gay Pride Flag, And The Sewing Machine It Was Made With
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#5 I Found The Infamous 3700-Year-Old Copper Sale Complaint In The British Museum
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#6 There Is A Free Public Cycle Path Through The National Dutch World War II Museum
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#7 From The Hakone Open-Air Museum
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#8 The World's Roundest Object, At The Deutsche Museum In Munich, Germany
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#9 This Little Girl's Rock Displayed In My Local Museum
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#10 The Actual Bus Rosa Parks Refused To Change Seats On. National Civil Rights Museum. Memphis, TN
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Paul C.: @RamiRudolph I appreciate what you are saying that Claudette Colvin was under appreciated, but I don't think you can say that Rosa Parks was overrated. Her stance was vital to the Civil Rights movement.
#11 I Went To A Guitar Exhibition That Featured A Space For Air Guitar
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#12 These Dinosaurs Wearing Masks At The Indianapolis Children's Museum
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#13 These Flowers Are Made From Crystals. Natural History Museum, Vienna
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#14 One Of The 4000-Year-Old Well-Preserved Wagons Unearthed In The Lchashen Village In The Vicinity Of Lake Sevan. Made Of Oak, They Are The Oldest Known Wagons In The World
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Now on display at the History Museum of Armenia.
#15 Skeleton Of Siamese Twins In The Mütter Museum
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#16 Plastic Bag Jellyfish At Vancouver Aquarium
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#17 The Capitoline Museums In Rome Have Artworks Carved Out On Stone For Visually Impaired People To Feel So That They Can Also Enjoy Paintings
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#18 The Ficus Retusa Linn, The World’s Oldest Bonsai Tree, Is Over 1000 Years Old. Crespi Bonsai Museum, Italy
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#19 This Moon Exhibition In My Local Town
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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het: So,Gru succeeded after all.
#20 1,800-Year-Old Roman Leather Sandals On Display At Vindolanda Fort In Northumberland, England
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#21 The Way This Museum Arranged Snail Shells To Demonstrate Color Variation
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#22 Xenomorph By H. R. Giger. Exhibition In Berlin
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#23 I Took This At The Van Gogh Exhibit In NYC. One Of The Best Experiences Of My Life
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#24 "Puppy" - A Dog Statue Made Entirely Of Flowers By Jeff Koons In 1992, Is Located In The Guggenheim Museum In Bilbao, Spain
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#25 The Swedish Warship Vasa. It Sank In 1628 Less Than A Mile Into Its Maiden Voyage And Was Recovered From The Sea Floor After 333 Years Almost Completely Intact
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Now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, it is the world's best-preserved 17th-century ship.
#26 In Japan, There Is A Museum For Rocks That Look Like Faces
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sleepybear: they look rather stone-faced to me
#27 The Fire Exit Sign In This Egyptian Museum Is A Pharaoh Running
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#28 LEGO Dinosaur, Australian Museum
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#29 This Museum Has Taxidermized Animals Randomly Hidden In Odd Places - Behind Other Exhibits And So On
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Chihuahua Mama: Living mice in the museum: "if I stay perfectly still when I see a human, they will think I'm just a display"
#30 My Brother Went On A Trip To Egypt And Saw Mummified Crocodiles Exhibited In A Museum
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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein: Worlds earliest attempt at googly eyes.
#31 Dice For An Ancient Korean Drinking Game, Inscribed With Commands Like "Chug It All And Dance" Or "Sing A Song". Around 750 AD, Gyeongju National Museum
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#32 Data's Costume On Display At The Goonies Museum In Astoria, Oregon
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#33 Suitcases Of People Sent To Concentration Camps. Poland, Gdańsk, World War II Museum. Each Suitcase Is A Family, A Life
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#34 The Whale At The American Museum Of Natural History Is Now Vaccinated! They Gave It A Bandage When Kids In America Were Approved For Their Shots
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#35 These Mugs Are 3,700 Years Old. From The Minoan Civilization And Now On Display At The Heraklion Museum, Greece
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#36 My Local Museum Got A Life-Size Replica Of A Quetzalcoatlus. It Looks Too Real
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Goose of the Ahonkalypse: One of the greatest joys of parenting for me was getting to learn how to pronounce about 60 dinosaur/prehistoric creature names correctly for my dino obsessed kid. I'm still really proud of myself for this one.
#37 A Museum Display Showing The Clothing Worn By Intimate Assault Survivors During The Time Of Their Attacks
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#38 A Full Human Nervous System In The Anatomy Museum In Baylor College Of Medicine
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#39 I Found The Holy Grail Today In A Museum In France
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#40 This Real Triceratops Skull In Mid-Processing. Denver Science Museum
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