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Seeking more weirdo’s hoards of treasures

a huge stone-walled vaulted room filled with a cacophony of items on the floor and hanging from the side galleries and rafters: statues, wooden boats, sleds, tables, chairs sleighs, carriages, wheels. etc.image via mercermuseum.org

"My absolute favorite genre of museum/attraction is 'eccentric rich person’s oddly sorted collection of items related to their special interest(s).'" ActionPopulated asks where to scratch this itch.

09/19/23
by taz

Scent back in time

photo of Heritage Scenting Consultant Liam R Findlay in front of a green, leafy background, wearing a white lab coat and polka dot bow tie, and holding a glass lab flask topped by what may be a bulb atomizer device. He wears a thoughtful, satisfied expression while seeming to sniff from the atomizer.image via AromaPrime

paduasoy posts an article from Current Archaeology about Aroma Prime, a company creating historical scents, including the smells of dinosaurs, dodos, mummification, candlemakers, ether, vintage sweets and the Wicker Man.

06/06/23
by taz

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