Occult Museum I found this to be interesting. I knew that lots of museums displayed many odd and unusual items especially history museums but I never knew there was a museum that had to do with the paranormal. Ed and Lorraine Warren are paranormal investigators and they chose to display items from their career of ghost-hunting and demon-busting in their own Occult Museum. The museum has been open since 1952 when the Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychic Research in the U.S. Items and artifacts that have been touched by evil are kept in the basement of their home. During their time they were well-known lecturers in their paranormal field. They researched and looked into such high profile cases of demonic mischief as the popular …show more content…
The odd and unusual collection includes everything imaginable like a supposed vampire’s coffin and a child’s tombstone said to have been used as a satanic altar. Visitors can see death curses, demon masks and psychic photo which line the walls of the museum. All of these are accented by plastic props from Halloween stores to set the mood. The most abundant of items appear to be cursed dolls and one of the highlights of the museum is a Raggedy Ann doll called Annabelle, which supposedly killed a man. She sits in her own glass case with a haunting red light in the back ground. I think it might be advisable to add a sign – Don’t break the glass. At this point I’m not sure if I wouldn’t run from this museum screaming or if I would be horribly fascinated because I am a great horror fan but sometimes enough can be enough. In 2006 Ed Warren died but the museum continues under the car of Lorraine Warren and their son. However I am sure that Ed is around all the time as well. If you are into the supernatural or really interested in things to do with the occult you might enjoy a visit to the Warrens’ Occult Museum in Monroe, Connecticut. Perhaps this
Museums have long served a purpose as cultural staples. For every museum, big and small, careful consideration is used in selecting its contents. When securing new items for a museum, it is most important to consider public appeal, educational value, and cost-effectiveness.
Art history professor Wendy Koenig specializes in East Asian art and was part of the team that analyzed and researched the artifacts. She said, “The collection could be vulnerable against the natural lighting coming in from the windows, given the way they’re set up in that boardroom. And we don’t know the insurance value of these artifacts either due to the high cost of getting them appraised.”
The Florence Griswold Museum is located at 96 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, CT. Florence Griswold was the youngest child of a sea captain. Her father lost the family fortune by investing in boats at the time when Connecticut was losing the boating community. This made them broke and in debt. Mr. Griswold went and took out multiple mortgages on the house. Mr. Griswold passed away and Florence Griswold outlived her siblings. She inherited the family home, and along with that home came all of the debts also. Miss. Griswold had to figure out how to keep her home. She opened her home to boarders, which was common in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. In 1899, Henry Ward Ranger boarded at The Griswold home and wanted to set up an art colony in New England. He loved the
The Goodwood museum is a plantation house from the 1830’s and had several different owners. It features original furniture in the main house, none of what of it was brought in (all of it was found in the house when it became a museum). Everything was original including paintings, furniture, and the chandeliers. Outside of the main house, you can see a porch that was added during the early 1900’s. The main house consisted of three stories, the bottom being for entertainment: the living room, office, and dining room. These rooms featured beautiful furniture and painted ceilings (which were painted by italian painters). There was a bookshelf that consisted of books from that time, one being a first edition Edgar Allen Poe book. In the dining
The Lily Dale websites states, “In 1890 one-room school house is now home to the Lily Dale Museum.” The museum takes the visitors back in time along with photos, artifacts and memorabilia from the first days of the Spiritualist movement and the founding of Lily Dale. In the past few
However, I was disappointed that most of the items in the house are not original. Items are both reproductions and replicas of their original. They are afraid of theft since the museum has a reputation of having people demanding to be let in for a tour. It was even more surprising to actually see it with my own eyes. It really put into perspective that, sadly, the museum had to take precautionary measures for people similar to what our class experience. If the items were really personal, they were placed in cabinets. After visiting the Courthouse, I have a new respect for seeing glass cases holding the original wallpaper and wood of the building. This respect grew over time, even from the first trip to MSV. The exterior of the house is just as important as the actual
I personally love looking at museums and learning about past history. Looking at this website regarding the Jim Crow Museum, I feel that this museum provides a plethora of items and exhibits to provide the onlooker with accurate information about what occurred to blacks throughout history. This was a horrible time in history when blacks were not seen as equals and were not given many rights, if any. With that being said, I feel that some of the exhibits and items in this museum might provide “mixed feelings” to those who lived through this time in history and/or those whose ancestors did.
The authors state that the museum is part of the US right wing religious (and political) mainstream and is used as a weapon in the so-called culture war. Righting America tries to answer the following questions: What exactly is the message of the museum and how is it conveyed? How are the museum-goers constituted as Christians – and as Americans? And what are the implications for American politics and religions? To answer those questions thoroughly, the authors visited the museum on multiple occasions and gathered plenty of material. Their approach was to look at it as a museum-like institution, at its treatment of the Bible and its representation of science. It is generally understood that when a site refers to itself as a ‘museum’, several criteria must be met. The authors identify several aspects, among others, that it should be a place of education and thus gain a protective status. They also provide the reader with a brief insight into the history and exhibition methods of museums in general and in doing so reveal the clever techniques employed by Ken Ham and AiG who established a site that seems to be built on knowledge and facts but in truth is a subjective outlet of Evangelical beliefs. The founders of the Creation Museum use the implicit knowledge behind the term ‘museum’ (a place of insight and knowledge) for
The Civil War museum located in New Orleans is a very interesting museum to visit. On the outside the museum stands out from the surrounding building as it has an older brick style building which almost looks like a church in some aspects.. On the right side of the stairs that lead up inside is a large cannon on display. Upon entering the museum it is made apparent that the building is in good condition, but is also very old. Every step that I took while in the museum sounded as if the floor was about to cave in underneath my feet. I was greeted upon entry to the museum and I paid my entry fee and was given a sheet of paper with some general information on the museum. Once leaving the desk I walked along the wall to my left which was covered in glass cases that contained a multitude of civil war artifacts.
On the southern portion of the property is the Glass House Museum, which is a beautiful Victorian era two-story home that was relocated to the property from another ranch. The Glass House Museum was recently restored and is open on Saturdays at 1pm for tours for $5/person. Payment is by credit card only. Children ages 3 and under are free.
The museum I chose to visit was the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. There, I saw original seating from the Niles Essanay which has now no longer standing. A projecting Kinetoscope created by Thomas Edison dating back to 1898 meant for film projection along with other old camera equipment. I saw that there were many posters put up advertising various films such as, Captain January (1924), Three Friends (1913), and many others. I also saw Baby Peggy (Diana Serra Cary) herself arrive to the museum, she was there in celebration of her 96th birthday (Museum Schedule). Which is why the back and the rest of the museum were closed off unless we were there to view the silent film with her in attendance.
Amongst my visit, I was a little confused on what I was doing, but I decided to get out of the car and proceed walking to the building. When I entered the building there was a tall guy who greeted me, he wore an outfit similar to a boys scout leader. He then asked me if it was my first time attending and I said yes. There was a couple coming through the door, so he greeted them both and then told us a little about the exhibit. He then instructed us on how to see all of the exhibit and gave us a map/brochure. I then walked away and started to look around on my own. At first what caught my attention is the models and some of the things written on the walls. I then noticed that even though I was reading it, I was not retaining the information, so then I started to
Next, each room of art were unique. When I get into each room, some things that surprise me that each room was very exclusive, original and uncommon. Also, the rooms were very enlightened and I personally felt that each room had something for everyone in the family. Another thing that I noted of the museum was the accessibility of each floor, so anybody can go and have a great time without
For my project, I researched the Abner Pollard Mausoleum. I live one street away from the cemetery and had never known that it was a grave. I have been able to increase my knowledge on hima along with the culture of the late 1800s in Leominster as well as in the world.
The dictionary.com definition of a museum is "a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed." What better place to find an object of permanent value than a cemetery. I searched through four museums and could not find anything that peaked my interest into my study of humanities until at last it hit me, a cemetery I had passed countless times as a child that I had never truly thought of at all. At the corner of Cypresswood and I-45 I began to sift into a cemetery that I had no true interest in, or so I thought. The cemetery was home to about sixteen burial plots but one particularly interested me. The headstone read Friedrich August Wunsche, Geb July 20, 1837, Gest