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10 Wackiest Museums

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raniroo	Jun 17 2009, 04:14 AM Post #1
Sightseer Group: Local Expert Posts: 946 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Sydney Member No.: 19411	Through all my travels I have seen some weird places and even weirder tourist attractions....so when I read this article it brought back some memories....and also made me think that some people really do collect alot of useless stuff! Wackiest Museums The first one leading the list is.... "Iceland Phallological Museum Or, the Penis Museum. I know this is serious, but seriously, how can you absorb stats like this without a little giggle: 272 specimens with 55 belonging to 16 different whale species, one from a rogue polar bear (aren’t they all rogue?), and dozens from seals, walruses, and all sorts of land mammals. The Iceland Phallological Museum proudly claims to hold in their possession “legally certified gift-tokens for four specimens belonging to Homo Sapiens” (that’s us, guys). I’m not 100% clear what this means exactly, but it sure sounds interesting. Also on display are “…other practical utensils related to the museum’s chosen theme." Have you been to any weird or wacky museums or tourist attractions? -------------------- If you really look like your passport photo, you need the holiday! "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

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kitkatgo	Aug 3 2009, 12:14 PM Post #2
Navigator Group: Local Expert Posts: 1367 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Southern California Member No.: 13816	The wackiest one I've been to is the Dog Collar Museum at Leeds Castle in Kent, England: http://www.leeds-castle.com/goto.php?ref=y...g_Collar_Museum -------------------- ~Kit California Local Expert Visit my travel blogs: http://www.travelpod.com/members/kitkatgo

sianeth	Aug 4 2009, 03:48 AM Post #3
Jet Setter Group: Local Expert Posts: 2643 Joined: 9-June 07 From: Edinburgh, Scotland Member No.: 60100	QUOTE(kitkatgo @ Aug 3 2009, 06:14 PM) The wackiest one I've been to is the Dog Collar Museum at Leeds Castle in Kent, England: http://www.leeds-castle.com/goto.php?ref=y...g_Collar_Museum Hahha! They look more like bangles than dog collars!

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raniroo 10 Wackiest Museums Jun 17 2009, 04:14 AM

starlagurl Ah! They don't have the famous Tokyo Paras... Jun 17 2009, 10:43 AM

kathryn77 Ha ha ha!! All the more reason for going ... Jun 17 2009, 03:36 PM

wakingdream I've been to the Songkran Niyomsane Forensic M... Jun 17 2009, 03:51 PM

raniroo I've been to the Songkran Niyomsane Forensic ... Jun 18 2009, 09:39 AM

wakingdream [quote name='wakingdream' post='106075' date='Jun... Jun 18 2009, 03:20 PM

sianeth Where I used to live in Southport there was a lawn... Jun 18 2009, 04:44 AM

wakingdream Where I used to live in Southport there was a law... Jun 18 2009, 08:54 AM

kathryn77 Where I used to live in Southport there was a law... Jul 9 2009, 02:40 PM

starlagurl Rani, it speaks for itself: http://www.museumofbad... Jun 18 2009, 09:40 AM

sianeth Also in the locality there is a Pencil Museum and ... Jun 18 2009, 01:42 PM

starlagurl That...is amazing... The oldest pencil in the wor... Jun 18 2009, 02:05 PM

jeremystravels My friends told me about the Teddy Bear museum on ... Jun 18 2009, 02:10 PM

polydemic I would think that the Sex Museum of Amsterdam wou... Jun 19 2009, 05:33 PM

starlagurl Some might find the Mutter Museum, in Washington,... Jun 23 2009, 09:35 AM

ashleyrenee Redmond Oregon has a rock garden which is totally ... Jun 19 2009, 07:42 PM

polydemic Redmond Oregon has a rock garden which is totally... Jun 20 2009, 06:25 PM

starlagurl Redmond Oregon has a rock garden which is totally... Jun 22 2009, 10:13 AM

aopaq I visited the Devil Museum in Kaunas Lithuania whi... Jun 20 2009, 07:53 PM

raniroo I founds some more wacky and tacky museums Automa... Jun 22 2009, 12:57 PM

starlagurl Nice! I might make another post about it then... Jun 22 2009, 01:50 PM

raniroo Nice! I might make another post about it then... Jun 24 2009, 12:02 PM

barsie I've been to the salt museum- it's interes... Jun 24 2009, 09:19 AM

starlagurl Thanks! *mmmmmmmwah* Jun 24 2009, 01:52 PM

pietari The wackiest museum I've been to is the Sex Mu... Jul 12 2009, 11:37 PM

jrheavymetal In Ellsworth, Maine they have the telephone museum... Jul 15 2009, 02:30 AM

kathryn77 In Ellsworth, Maine they have the telephone museu... Jul 15 2009, 03:56 PM

sianeth Yes, I went to the Torture Museum in Amsterdam... ... Jul 15 2009, 04:05 PM

jrheavymetal Wow...a torture museum, I'm beginning to think... Jul 16 2009, 03:06 AM

starlagurl So Sian...they wear that on their head then? Jul 16 2009, 08:02 AM

sianeth I think it goes round their neck and their fingers... Jul 16 2009, 08:38 AM

starlagurl Ohhhhhhhhahaha what a funny thing to do to someone... Jul 16 2009, 09:26 AM

wisconsin_fan81 what about the terror museum in Budapest? http://... Aug 2 2009, 11:12 AM

jrheavymetal Looks interesting... Aug 2 2009, 02:39 PM

kitkatgo The wackiest one I've been to is the Dog Colla... Aug 3 2009, 12:14 PM

sianeth The wackiest one I've been to is the Dog Coll... Aug 4 2009, 03:48 AM

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