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Bushnell's Museum

Oct 19th, 2015
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  1. Bushnell's:
  2. Wunderkamemr
  3. Mystery Shack
  4. Odditorium
  5. Hall of Wonders
  6. Museum of the Strange
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  8. >beds inside "for the customers who faint daily"
  9. >As a natural philosopher, Worm assembled a great collection of curiosities, which ranged from native artifacts collected from the New World, to taxidermed animals, to fossils, on which he speculated greatly.
  10. >Thomas Dent Mütter (1811–1859) was an early American pioneer of reconstructive plastic surgery. His specialty was repairing congenital anomalies, cleft lip and palates, and club foot. He also collected medical oddities, tumors, anatomical and pathological specimens, wet and dry preparations, wax models, plaster casts, and illustrations of medical deformities. This collection began as a teaching tool for young physicians.
  11. >P. T. Barnum took over Barnum's American Museum on five floors in New York, "perpetuating into the 1860s the Wunderkammer tradition of curiosities for gullible, often slow-moving throngs—Barnum's famously sly but effective method of crowd control was to post a sign, "THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS!" at the exit door".
  12. >Despite the wide range of true and unbelievable art, sculpture, photographs, interactive devices, animal oddities, and recycled objects contained within the Ripley's collection, rarely considered are alien or witchcraft-type stories, which are, according to Meyers, difficult to prove. To be included in Ripley's Believe It or Not books, museums, or television shows, items must undergo scrutiny from Ripley's staff and be 100% authenticated.
  13. >mindless/less aggressive dungeon fodder
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  16. Exhibits
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  18. Treasures of Foreign Lands
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  20. The Fertility Idol of Soennso and Those Who Tried to Steal It
  21.  
  22. A jewelled idol of brass and 24 newts kept in a terrarium to emulate its jungle environment. Four of the newts ARE actually thieves polymorphed by the statue's curse.
  23. "Step right up folks, and
  24. ~~~
  25. The Mummy Of Arko-Nog
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  27. Actually the night shift security guard.
  28. ~~~
  29. Canopic Jars
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