#1 2007-11-11 07:56:09

No pictures.  Fascist curators!  Choad sent me this a while back which will give you a bit of background on the Museum.

http://cruel.storagelake.com/MutterMuse … on_108.avi

Gretchen passed away in 2004, and unfortunately her wish to be exhibited wasn't to be.  An assistant curator told me nature of her illness (and I presume the final state of her body) prevented it.  They have a nice little memorial to her, but it's just not the same as seeing her dryed up corpse... which is what she'd have wanted.

I liked the sliced brain collections.  They had 3D slices of pickled brain, still in the case, and a whole ark full of animal brains for comparison.

There's the wall'o'skulls, about 60 of them mounted with names and histories.  The only thing that really impressed me was that most of them were suicides.

The Fetus Jar Collection was probably my favorite.  There were a plethora of congenital deformations, all bobbing happily in their little hermetically sealed jars.  They actually do bob up and down a bit if you jump up and down in front of the exhibit cabinet, but I was quickly discouraged from such experimentation.
 
Unfortunately, an awful lot of the exhibits are of diseased organs that aren't really recognizable. I suppose a pathologist might happily spend days there, but I must say 2 hours pretty much covered it.

As we were leaving the Museum, they were bringing out tables of booze and flower arrangements.  We were hoping maybe this was included in the price the ticket, alas come to find out, someone was holding a wedding reception there.  I wish I could have congratulated the happy couple on their sense of the macabre.

Then we went to Aussie-Floyd and washed our brains clean.  Superlative!

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#2 2007-11-11 12:19:53

opsec wrote:

...someone was holding a wedding reception there.

I love the whole post; but this tidbit made me soooo jealous...

Maybe someday when we renew our vows...

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#3 2007-11-11 18:42:58

George Orr wrote:

opsec wrote:

...someone was holding a wedding reception there.

I love the whole post; but this tidbit made me soooo jealous...

Maybe someday when we renew our vows...

Not me, or at least not until the Mütter sells fireworks and lowers their rates to match Pedro's.

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#4 2007-11-11 16:36:17

George Orr wrote:

opsec wrote:

...someone was holding a wedding reception there.

I love the whole post; but this tidbit made me soooo jealous...

Maybe someday when we renew our vows...

I wonder what they served at the reception?

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1106/lunchdh2.jpg

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#5 2007-11-11 18:00:18

I am *so* happy to live in Mütter-town. 

Which reminds me, I've gotta take my two sons there soon.  It's never too soon to learn how bloody horrible life can truly be.

http://www.khrg.org/khrg2006/reportpix/2006-03-10.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/21/93913503_c26e43dd4c.jpg

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#6 2007-11-11 21:27:45

AAAAAAAAAAGH

wtf?  You went to the Mutter Museum and Aussie Floyd?  Shit, you should have told me, Roofucker and I would have went.  I've been dying to get to the Mutter Museum, and I love floyd...and well, he's aussie.

AHAHAH

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#7 2007-11-11 22:19:55

Man, you had one of the best days evar.  If I marry again, I am so going to do it up right at the Mütter - I can spend days there & have long imagined a "children's tour" that goes beyond Lemony Snickett.

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#8 2007-11-11 22:28:12

I just talked with Roofucker.  I think we're going to go up this weekend.  YAY DEAD THINGS AND TUMORS!

RT

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#9 2007-11-12 00:13:05

choad wrote:

Not me, or at least not until the Mütter sells fireworks and lowers their rates to match Pedro's.

Quit horning in on my territory.

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#10 2007-11-12 00:38:35

Whoever pisses the boundaries first wins!

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