From rssfeeds@jmason.org Sat Oct 5 10:37:31 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8C8F16F80 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:36:49 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 05 Oct 2002 10:36:49 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9580WK02535 for ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 09:00:32 +0100 Message-Id: <200210050800.g9580WK02535@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@example.com From: boingboing Subject: Weird museums of NYC Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 08:00:32 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-863.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,T_NONSENSE_FROM_40_50 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: URL: http://boingboing.net/#85524596 Date: Not supplied Great Village Voice story about oddball museums in New York. My favorite weird-ass museum is the Museo de Criminologia in San Jose, Costa Rica, which has bits of victims of famous crimes (machete-dented brain-pans, severed arms, etc) floating in formaldehyde jars. A stone's throw away is the singular Freakatorium, El Museo Loco, a classy treasure chest of curiosities belonging to sword swallower Johnny Fox, whose focus is the rich history of America's earliest museums, from P.T. Barnum's American Museum to the Bowery Dime Museums. The walrus penis bone (other penis bones on display: coyote, mink, fox, raccoon) is enough to make you feel you're getting your $5 worth. But then you spy the Jivaro Shrunken Head (it's real, it's the size of a tennis ball); conjoined piglets in a jar; an assload of taxidermy, including a gorgeous zebra head; giant's rings... Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Gary[3]!_) [1] http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2002/detail.php?id=3085 [2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/6XizLZYen3ni [3] http://amygdalagf.blogspot.com