Niche Museums

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24 points by bookofjoe2 days ago

7 comments

Brajeshwar2 minutes ago
My friend from school days, who is into a digging up lot of WWII stuffs, have a museum in a remote corner of India. Backed by Japan, and the local government, it is located near to other Japanese related location in Imphal, Manipur (INDIA).Here are some pictures I took while visiting it some time before the official opening. I think I got some of the Indian Currency printed by the Japanese during the war. I might also have copies of some videos from during that time (I think the 40s-50s).<a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/Gao3hq1qYsgNBnzy6" rel="nofollow">https://photos.app.goo.gl/Gao3hq1qYsgNBnzy6</a>Official Website <a href="https://imphalpeacemuseum.com/" rel="nofollow">https://imphalpeacemuseum.com/</a>
robertclaus2 minutes ago
If you're ever in Wisconsin - House on the Rock and the Mustard Museum.
jeffrallen1 minute ago
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in_a_hole2 hours ago
I would like to signal boost The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.<a href="https://www.mjt.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mjt.org/</a>I've never been anywhere quite like it. My friend once described it as "an art piece that uses museum curation as its medium" and that's the best description I've come across. To get an idea of what that means, understand that it's fully laid out as a museum with exhibits featuring various objects and artifacts and expositions thereof but these exhibits wildly vary between truth and fantasy. Some are showcases of real, if niche, cultural practices and some are histories of entirely fictional figures that are nevertheless compelling and beautiful.The creator was awarded a McArthur grant in 2001 and I feel it was more than deserved.
- bookofjoe2 hours ago
 Another strong recommendation for this unique place. I visited soon after its 1988 opening. The museum was so off the grid and unknown that early visitors like me received personal guided tours of unlimited duration from its founder/creator, David Hildebrand Wilson.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Jurassic_Technology" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Jurassic_Technology</a>
 - in_a_hole1 hour ago
 I am green with envy, that sounds amazing.Do you remember any exhibits from that time that aren't in place today?
 - bookofjoe1 hour ago
 It was wonderful. Scintillating. Alas, that was in the late 1980s and I haven't been back, though from the photo in Wikipedia its kind of derelict/dumpy entrance looks like it hasn't changed at all.If you read "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology," Lawrence Weschler's superb 1995 book about the museum with extended interviews with Wilson, you will find it hard not to want to visit.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Wilsons-Cabinet-Wonder-Technology/dp/0679764895/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5WYDGNP1A97Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.A36E6_SCVLZpGrXgGkT3sKD_PtUT7UDWpzN2Oh7uflI.SiS4X_6FYblscTzVS3c3gvY660yUcZchfcMKaJ-6_V4&dib_tag=se&keywords=Mr.+Wilson%27s+Cabinet+Of+Wonder%3A+Pronged+Ants%2C+Horned+Humans%2C+Mice+on+Toast%2C+and+Other+Marvels+of+Jurassic+Technology&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1774524639&sprefix=mr.+wilson%27s+cabinet+of+wonder+pronged+ants%2C+horned+humans%2C+mice+on+toast%2C+and+other+marvels+of+jurassic+technology%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Wilsons-Cabinet-Wonder-Technology/...</a>
- bsenftner36 minutes ago
 <a href="https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/museum-of-jurassic-technology-narrowly-escapes-destruction-in-fire" rel="nofollow">https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/museum-of-jura...</a> We almost lost it, a fire nearly destroyed it.
- jonstewart31 minutes ago
 I once explained to a friend as "imagine Umberto Eco made a museum when he was drunk, and he was a mean drunk."
wolfi136 minutes ago
Musee Champollion in Figeac, France about Champollion and his deciphering of the hieroglyphs and deciphering of ancient texts generally
boredinstapanda1 hour ago
I really liked the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont when I went to visit. <a href="https://americanprecision.org/" rel="nofollow">https://americanprecision.org/</a>
- jonstewart26 minutes ago
 It's a fantastic museum and featured a bit in Stewart Brand's Maintenance of Everything (<a href="https://books.worksinprogress.co/book/maintenance-of-everything/vehicles/digression-1-precision-how-america-made-machines-make-machines/5" rel="nofollow">https://books.worksinprogress.co/book/maintenance-of-everyth...</a>).
 - bookofjoe16 minutes ago
 Can't wait to read this. His 1995 book, "How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built," is excellent.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Buildings-Learn-Happens-Theyre/dp/0140139966/ref=sr_1_3?crid=14IL6MK7P0L4F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m_fe3dZBIsOJPwr-_iKaNT1RoqNUkMidWfJcTShFTRWwUYT_fSvMCG-O0N6yVmCBlPpXlP31iumm8NsBTkb4vgwIB1TvzrM2CoEFYoqArcJGsc-0NhUgcoZwwdTtqE-dS-8hEBjFM8hV4CO8H-elSIvROrj49puywTBlMtl1J-oKlleEJbWse2QfLS92tf8yIX20SZxHq5h7p765m24gmpJrNfGiXLCvi2lqoSZvoiM.7CGNqussndRQOKkny9sseRRssYSe8nMhbdtgRN8fLJA&dib_tag=se&keywords=books+stewart+brand&qid=1774527280&sprefix=books+stewart+brand%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-3" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/How-Buildings-Learn-Happens-Theyre/dp...</a>
vismit200047 minutes ago
Another addition to list: Indian Music Experience Museum - <a href="https://indianmusicexperience.org" rel="nofollow">https://indianmusicexperience.org</a>