Cabinet of Curiosities

So the Mona Lisa fails to excite you and dinosaur bones seem a bit passé? If you've grown tired of the standard museum fare, check out these strange items on display at museums across America.

fig 1.1 Conjoined Twins
Fused at Head & Thorax, 1851
Mütter Museum
Philadelphia
www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp

fig 1.2 "Ask the Brain" Mechanical Fortune Teller
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum Farmington, MI (27 miles from Detroit) www.marvin3m.com

fig 1.3 Benjamin Hurd Family Record and Hair Wreath
Leila's Hair Museum Independence, MO (11 miles from Kansas City) www.hairwork.com/leila

fig 1.4 Psycograph, 1930s
Science Museum of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN www.smm.org

fig 1.5 Liberace's 200-pound "King Neptune" Costume
Liberace Museum
Las Vegas www.liberace.org

fig 1.6 Space-themed Salt & Pepper Shakers
Museum of Salt & Pepper Shakers Gatlinburg, TN (42 miles from Knoxville) www.ludden.com/sandp