The podcast where we visit little-known museums with the most unusual or oddly specific collections,
If it hadn’t been for this envelope, the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum probably wouldn’t exist. Hear more about the discovery here: http://www.effingweirdmuseums.com/season-2-ep-1-the-clara-barton-missing-soldiers-office-museum/
We're baaaaaaack (and it feels so good)!
Season 2 is underway, so start your weekend with a trip to the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office. Clara Barton and her colleagues discovered the fates of thousands of soldiers after the Civil War there. It's in a building whose significance went lost in time and might have stayed that way, if not for a curious contractor. Happy Saturday!
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We're taking a break until early next year, so that gives you lots of time to subscribe and catch up on any episodes you might have missed. Do it! Do it now!
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Mount Katahdin in Maine is the northern terminus for the Appalachian Trail. Learn more trail facts on our latest episode: http://www.effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-6-the-appalachian-trail-museum/
Take a listen as we visit the Appalachian Trail Museum in Pennsylvania and manager Nathaniel Shank guides us on a hike around the AT: http://www.effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-6-the-appalachian-trail-museum/
At last! A new episode! Sorry for the delay, everyone. Life's been a little hectic lately, and for that reason, Effing Weird Museums will be taking a brief hiatus. BUT we'll be back early next year with a second season of fascinating museums to tour. Thanks for all the love, and see you soon!
Ep. 6: The Appalachian Trail Museum October 30, 2017October 30, 2017mormane 0 We take a walk in the woods to visit the Appalachian Trail Museum in Pennsylvania’s Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Join us as we hear Grandma Gatewood’s legendary story, learn what to do if you run into a bear, and “hike”…
New episode, woohoo! Take a listen as we visit the King Barn Dairy MOOseum in Maryland.
Ep. 5: The King Barn Dairy Mooseum September 19, 2017mormane 0We visit the moo-tiful people at a dairy heritage museum in Boyds, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. At the King Barn Dairy Mooseum, kids “milk” a cow, we learn about the hottest bull in the bovine world and more. Category Uncategor...
Effing Weird Museums is on break this week for Labor Day, but fear not! In two weeks, we'll be back with another wonderfully strange museum! -- Emily
At the Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum, deer aren't the only exhibits! There are chainsaws and antique farming tools galore, too. Listen here: http://www.effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-4-the-michigan-whitetail-hall-of-fame-museum/
These guys were so endeering! 😁 Hear the story here: http://www.effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-4-the-michigan-whitetail-hall-of-fame-museum/
A new episode is live! This week, we visit the Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum. Listen here: http://www.effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-4-the-michigan-whitetail-hall-of-fame-museum/
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Find out why in our latest episode: http://www.effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-3-the-didusch-center-for-urologic-history/
This is the cat's claw, or cat's paw. What was it used for? Find out in our latest episode as we visit the Didusch Center for Urologic History: http://www.effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-3-the-didusch-center-for-urologic-history/
Episode 3 is up! We're exploring the ins and outs of urology -- cystoscopes, kidney stones and more -- at the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History.
If you’ve ever wanted to see a 10-pound kidney stone or learn what a “prostate punch” is, urine luck! We’re visiting the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History in Maryland.
Wow, thank you so much for all the love so far! It's been amazing to hear from everyone with your museum stories and recommendations. Keep 'em coming! More episodes are in the works, and I can't wait to take you on those tours.
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At the turn of the 20th century, Dr. J.W. Meyers built the first telephone switchboard in Barbour County, West Virginia. The drum on top was played at the Confederate surrender at Appomattox in 1865. Hear the full story at www.effingweirdmuseums.com/ep-2-the-barbour-county-historical-museum/
Graham Hamrick tested his embalming fluid on small animals before moving up to bigger projects: people. Hear the story here: www.effingweirdmuseums.com/ep-2-the-barbour-county-historical-museum/
The Barbour County Historical Museum in Philippi, West Virginia, is housed in a former train station and documents the county's significance during the Civil War. And it has the mummified remains of two asylum patients.
We visit the Barbour County Historical Museum in Philippi, West Virginia. The big draw? 1880s-era mummies from a local asylum.
Step inside the Cold War Museum with us. Check out effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-1-the-cold-war-museum/ for the story.
Driving around Warrenton, Virginia, you'll see picturesque rolling hills, horse pastures and barns. But it's there, amid that serenity, that a museum documents one of the most tense periods in American history.
We visit the Cold War Museum, where we encounter a Soviet missile, get the truth behind flying saucers and hear about the man who saved the world.
Halt! You cannot pass without hearing our first episode, featuring the Cold War Museum of Warrenton, Virginia. Listen here: www.effingweirdmuseums.com/episode-1-the-cold-war-museum/
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