Museums
The Ladies Lounge
Down in Tasmania, the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) was sued for having a "Ladies Lounge" (a dining area where high tea was served) that wasn't open to men. Kirsha Kaechele, the artist responsible for the Lounge, then proceeded to turn the trial itself into a strange kind of performance art. From the BBC:As the parties sparred, the museum's supporters were somewhat stealing the spotlight. They had periods of complete stillness and silence, before moving in some kind of subtle, synchronised dance - crossing their legs and resting their heads on their fists, clutching their hearts, or peering down their spectacles. One even sat there pointedly flipping through feminist texts and making notes...
the museum's posse left as conspicuously as it came in - dancing out of the building in a conga line as one woman played 'Simply Irresistible' by Robert Palmer off her iPhone.
The museum lost the case. Kaechele responded by installing a toilet in the Ladies Lounge so that, as a women's restroom, men could legally continue to be excluded.
More info: artnet.com
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 28, 2024 -
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Category: Museums, Lawsuits, Women
Moist Towelette Museum
Located inside Abrams Planetarium on the campus of Michigan State University. The curator of the museum is Planetarium employee John French who's been collecting towelettes since the 1990s.The crown jewel of the museum's collection seems to be the Star Trek towelettes.
Other interesting towelettes include Mammo-wipes and Xerox typewriter waterless handcleaners.
More info: Moist Towelette Museum
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 13, 2024 -
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Category: Museums, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods
The New Domestic Landscape
Fifty years ago, a group of designers, showcased at MOMA, tried to predict the way we'd live.As usual with these efforts, there were more misses than hits.
More pix here and here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 29, 2023 -
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Category: Domestic, Museums, 1970s, Europe, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
The new Perth Museum
In order to find a name for the new museum opening in Perth City Hall, city officials surveyed the public and considered over 450 ideas before deciding to call it "Perth Museum." bbc.com
This recalls the time, in 1973, when the Army Materiel Command (AMC) held a contest to name its new headquarters and, after considering 524 different proposals, awarded the prize to the guy who suggested calling it the AMC Building.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 11, 2022 -
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Category: Museums, Odd Names
Frontiers in Modern Art
Read full article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 01, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Museums, Sexuality, Public Indecency
Unauthorized Dwellings Twenty-Four
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 12, 2022 -
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Category: Family, Museums, Unauthorized Dwellings, Weapons
The Devil’s Rope Museum
I just returned from a cross-country road trip — visited family on the East Coast then drove back home to Phoenix, which recently became my home. Along the way I stopped at the "Devil's Rope and Route 66 Museum" in McLean, Texas, located on the I-40 east of Amarillo. 'Devil's Rope' is a term for barbed wire.
I hadn't expected the barbed wire section of the museum to be very interesting. I stopped to see the Route 66 memorabilia. But the barbed wire display turned out to be the better part of the museum. Definitely worth checking out if you're ever in the area.
As one might expect, the museum had a lot of info about the use of barbed wire in cattle farming. But it also included a large section about military uses of barbed wire.
Barbed Wire Cutter during World War I
How to build a 'Knife Rest' - War Department, Jan 1944
There were also random oddities, such as a barbed wire hat and boot.
"Hat made by Kevin Compton in 1985. Made from Burnell Four Point Barbed Wire found on the west side of the Rio Grande River near Dixon, New Mexico."
"Barb-Wire Boot"
And in the entrance to the museum, one could view samples of dirt collected from every county in Texas.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 05, 2022 -
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Category: Museums, Farming
The Torre Galatea Museum
Created by---who else?--Salvador Dali.A nice write-up with more pix at this link.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 09, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Museums, Europe, Twentieth Century
The Poo Machine
An oldie but goodie, perhaps not seen by newer WU-vies.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 25, 2022 -
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Category: Museums, Technology, Excrement
Olfactory Art Keller
A small new gallery in NYC that features smell exhibits.Read about it here.
Their homepage.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 07, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Museums, Smells and Odors
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