Unusual Museums

The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum
There are only two museums worldwide (allegedly) dedicated to salt and pepper shakers and even belong together. One in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and the other in Alicante, Spain.

 

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Salt Pepper.kmz (1 KB)

Not salt and pepper, but somewhere between Edmonton and Calgary Canada lies the Gopher Museum:

gopherholemuseum.ca/

I can't make this stuff up!

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Gopher Museum.kmz (703 B)

Ukiyo-e is the name for a historically determined genre of Japanese painting and woodprint graphics.

As an example, the well-known work "The Wave".

Although the beautiful images of landscapes, people, animals and folk tales were once popular, the craft began to dwindle in the 20th century.
Now there are only about 50 Ukiyo-e artists in Japan.
In Kyoto, one more can be found. Ichimura Mamoru, owner and resident artist of the studio and curator of the tiny museum, is happy to talk to visitors and maybe even customers about his work and even show you how the prints are made. He has been practicing the art of ukiyo-e for decades, having learned from his grandfather as a teenager.

Incidentally, I like the motto of the man excellently.

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Ukiyoe Small Museum.kmz (704 B)

The Pablo-Fierro-Museum is a fairytale-like building in Puerto Varas (Chile) highlights the region’s human history. The area around Lake Llanquihue in Chile’s stunning Lake District is characterized by a surprising fusion of the traditional Chilote culture of the Chiloé Archipelago with that of the German farmers who made this corner of South America their home in the 1850s. Very little in the museum is off-limits, and curious callers are invited to touch and play with the antiques and artifacts collected within.

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Pablo Fierro Museum.kmz (802 B)

Weta Workshop and Weta Digital are special effects and prop companies based in Miramar, New Zealand, producing effects for television and film (e.g. Lord of the Rings).

Weta opened the mini museum "Weta Cave" with shop there. Go in with Street View and see for yourself.

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The Museum of Grafitti is located in the heart of Wynwood Miami /Florida). Check out SV for more impressions.

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These are great, willi ! So is the Gopher Museum added by Scraps. I had a good laugh at these and glad I discovered your thread. Oh - and I like the Japanese man's work hours! 

Here is my contribution: the Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot, Idaho. They have a Potato Cafe!   Yummy! And, a gift shop, where you can buy many potato-related things, such as this old-time candy bar that I used to see when I was a child.



 Potato Museum.kmz (802 B)

I have to be fair to my home area, the Klamath Basin of Oregon, which is also known for growing potatoes. It's one of few food crops that will grow to maturity in our high desert climate. Reportedly, most of ours go to french fry and potato chip manufacturers, but I don't know where Idaho's go. Nicknames for potatoes in both states (we're neighbors) are spuds or taters. 

This museum is located near Jinshan on Taiwan.
It displays the works of Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming, the museum is his largest total work of art to date and also the greatest outdoormuseum on this island.

You can visit it in SV and discover grotesque and bizarre objects everywhere.

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Juming Museum.kmz (681 B)

Art Car Museum Houston

Funny cars inside !

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This is the Gann Building Museum in Benton (Arkansas). Its walls are made out of bauxite, the aluminum ore to which this area owes much of its prosperity. This three-room office was built by hand in 1893 for Dr. Dewell Gann by patients who could not otherwise afford to pay their doctor bills.

Because bauxite is relatively soft right out of the ground, the builders sawed the blocks square with handsaws and allowed them to harden in the sun for six weeks before assembling them into this gingerbread house, which served as the Gann Medical office from 1893 to 1946. Bauxite is not generally used as a building material because of the softness of the stone, yet plenty of brick buildings built since 1893 have crumbled into dust, while the Gann Building has stood for over a hundred years. The building appeared in Ripley's Believe it or Not as the only bauxite building in the world; and since nobody has challenged the claim, the people of Benton assume that it is true.

The Museum has an extensive collection of Niloak and other pottery, Indian Artifacts, memorabilia and history of Saline County, as well as artifacts and memorabilia of Dr. Gann Sr. and Jr.

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Jonesport (Maine) have a Sardine Museum. A partnership with the Tin Can Museum in Stavanger (Norway) would be logical.

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CannedMuseum.kmz (943 B)

America's only Prohibition Museum is located in Savannah

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The Museum of Everyday Life is located in Glover, Vermont.   Visit it in GM

Mister Ed's Elephant Museum (and candy shop), featuring more than 12,000 pachyderm figurines, circus souvenirs, political paraphernalia, toys and more can you find in Orrtanna, PA

 

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Mister Eds Elephant Museum.kmz (750 B)

Recommended for garden fans: The British Lawnmower Museum in Southport/Merseyside

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The Sherlock Holmes Museum is located, how could it be otherwise, in London at 221B Baker Street

Look the Photo Sphere here

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The museum website says:

Built in 1893, the office of Dr. Dewell Gann, Sr., is the only known bauxite building in existence, making it an architectural landmark. The building was constructed by patients who could not afford to pay for services he had rendered to them. The soft stone was dug from a farm nearby, sawn into blocks with a handsaw and allowed to harden for six weeks. On an inside wall is an imprint of Dr. Gann’s foot, made from the time he spent sitting waiting for patients in a rocker with his foot propped against the wall. The building served as the Gann Medical Office until 1946 when it was given by Dr. Dewell Gann, Jr., to the City of Benton to be used as a library and, later, a museum.
Located next to the museum is the Gann residence.
The Gann Museum has an extensive collection of Niloak and other pottery, Native American Artifacts, memorabilia and history of Saline County, as well as artifacts and memorabilia of Dr. Gann Sr. and Jr. The Gann Museum also plays an important role in Saline County by creating a physical link to its heritage. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, the 138thbuilding in the state so recognized.

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