Museum Finds
I've always loved visiting museums! I also love to find online museums and virtual tours. Here are some of my favourites, both real and virtual.
Museum of Failure Innovation needs failure. All progress is built on learning from past failures and mistakes.
Condiment Packet Archive A historical archive of flexible portion control sauce packet ephemera.
Gremlins Museum The largest collection of original gremlins movie props in the world
Labyrinthos Labyrinthos provides a resource for the study of mazes and labyrinths.
Mobile Phone Museum A museum dedicated to the history and evolution of mobile phones.
Horg This site contains several years of research in the classification of occlupanids. These small objects are everywhere, dotting supermarket aisles and sidewalks with an impressive array of form and color
Museum of Bad Art A museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms.
Plug Socket Museum A museum dedicated to the history and evolution of electrical plugs and sockets.
Handheld Games Museum A museum dedicated to the history and evolution of handheld video games.
Obsolete Media Museum A unique online museum of physical media formats showcasing developments in audio, video, film and data storage.
Mobile Toy Museum Online museum of vintage battery-operated toys.
Virtual Museum Tours
The National Library of Wales Online exhibitions including the Mabinogion.Smithsonian Natural History Virtual Tour
The Louvre Virtual gallery tours
The Vatican Virtual gallery tours (I actually visited the vatican on a school trip, was in fact incredible!)
Google (boo hissss) Arts and Culture A reluctant addition but this a good gallery
British Museum from home
Guggenheim
Unesco I appreciate the idea of this museum, but it's a bit glitchy in practice.
The Victoria and Albert MuseumCostume collections and interesting items
My favourite Real World Museums
Manchester Museum Salford Museum Natural History Museum, London Oxford Natural History Museum, OxfordPitt Rivers Museum, Oxford