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1. The National Museum of Funeral History
Located in Houston, Texas. The museum is now featuring an exhibit celebrating the “Lives and Deaths of the Popes.”
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2. Sulabh International Toilet Museum
Located in New Delhi, India. A museum that on its front page asks us the question “Ever wondered what a museum dedicated entirely to the history of toilets would be like ?” Nope. Can't say I have.
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3. The Vent Haven Museum
Located in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. A museum dedicated to ventriloquism. Be afraid… be very afraid.
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4. The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum
Located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. While generally I'm all for condiments, this just doesn't do it for me.
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5. Japanese Poop Museum
Located in Japan. Above is one of the exhibits: Elephant shit. Nice. Real nice.
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6. Leila's Hair Museum
Located in Independence, Missouri. You can have the pleasure of seeing “159 wreaths and over 2,000 pieces of jewelry containing, or made of, human hair.” And the pleasure of seeing Leila herself. Purrrrr.
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7. The National Bottle Museum
Located in Ballston Spa, New York. I mean, I'm always looking at my own empty bottles for fun… why not try someone else's out?
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8. Barometer World
Located in Devon, England. I was wondering when someone would FINALLY pay homage to my favorite device used to measure atmospheric pressure. And OH! those muttonchops.
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9. The Washington Banana Museum
Located in Auburn Washington. You don't even have to enjoy bananas to enjoy this museum. Maybe not.
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10. The Creation Museum
Located in Petersburg, Kentucky. A museum dedicated to creationism. I don't mean to ruffle any feathers here… but what could be better than a museum based on something that isn't history!? And it's now featuring camel rides!
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Listen, I love museums as much as the next guy who loves museums (there are about six of us)… but sometimes things get a little out of hand. Start planning those end of summer trips!
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- Karen M. The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums
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What about the History of the Bola Tie Museum in Arizona?
- PrincessFifi thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is WTF
- Nancy Holmes thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is WTF
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Is it wrong that I'm creeped out by the Ventriloquist museum the MOST??!? Even more so than the poop museum.
I swear—The idea of inanimate objects [Especially 'dummies'] coming to life is the only thing I can say I'm truly creeped out by…
- Joe B. thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is Ew & WTF
- TaylorMorley thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is WTF
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Up until a couple years ago, there was a Cookie Jar Museum in my town
- Legen wait for it Dary The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums and thinks it’s LOL
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I wouldn't mind going to the salt and pepper shaker museum…
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i once went to a museum that was a essentially some guy's basement. There were old collections and those fake old timey photos you get at amusement parks.
I was too young at the time to be properly amused at the kitsch but my dad still talks about it.
- ManadaBitt The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums and thinks it’s LOL
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Darn, I missed the Museum of Funeral History's Golf Classic.
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I have a brochure for Barometer World on my office wall! I regret that I never got the chance to visit such a magical place when I lived in Devon.
- Seinfeld thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is WTF
- Arica H. thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is WTF
- carty thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is LOL
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Re: #10:To be fair the Camel is pretty awesome.
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The bottle museum looks kind of awesome, as does the salt and pepper shaker one. The others? There's some weird stuff happening on this planet…
- jendropkickstree thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is WTF
- moxielolac thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is Geeky
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Been to the museum of Funeral History - it's actually quite informative.
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Bah. I can offer you the Wheat-Beer-Glass museum and the European Museum of Asparagus, within one hour of each other!
- Sarah S. thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is Geeky
- JKSxo thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is WTF & LOL
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Seeing the Banana Museum photo has me humming the Chiquita Banana jingle…thanks for that!
We went to the Thomas Edison meuseum in Edison, NJ, which itself was pretty benign…but outside stands the world's largest light bulb, which is totally cool! We blogged about it: http://gobigorgohomeblog.com/category/northeast/nj
- Go BIG or Go Home The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums
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How could the GEM SWEATER museum not be on this list? http://www.lesliehall.com/gemsweater.html
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I'm embarrassed that two of the ten are located in Kentucky.
- dezden thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is WTF
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I have been to the world's largest dog collar museum at Leeds Castle in Kent. Pretty dull TBH.
- rebeccab7 The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums and thinks it’s Ew, WTF & LOL
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What about the Creation Museum?
- OddStuff The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums
- cybergata The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums and thinks it’s LOL
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I dare say, all these museums are essential museums, except for the Japanese Poop, Leila's Hair and of course the least essential museum of all time, the Creation Museum (a.k.a. The Big Silly Fantasy Museum).
- katel3 thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is OMG, WTF & Ew
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Hey honey—I dare say there is a museum located in your closet!
- Mom The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums and thinks it’s LOL
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I have visited the salt and pepper shaker museum many times. It's actually kind of cool.
- Gibby thinks The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums is LOL
- Matthew Watkins The Top Ten Most Unnecessary Museums
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Tons of people have little unofficial museums in their basements; my neighbor retired from the USPS and kept a postal museum under his house that he invited neighborhood kids into. Kinda cool I guess.
