Things that make curators laugh

September 19 2012

Pictures: St Andrews University Museum & Science Museum

AHA Chief Executive Pontus Rosén alerts me to this Pinterest page, of objects that make curators laugh. My favourites are the headless man, above, from St Andrews University Museum (the work of a drunk student, or an example of conservation from days gone by?), and the sign below from the Science Museum, evidence of a pre-'Health & Safety' age.

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