museum of folly

The Museum of Bad Art. 2009

Book; ink and colors on paper Via the Museum of Bad Art Our sister institution, the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) has announced the publication of a catalogue of highlights from its collection. It is a remarkable work, and we have obtained an advance copy for display here in our galleries (the publication is also available for [...]

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The Museum of Bad Art. 2009

Museum signage, 21st century

Vatican Museums, Vatican City Colors on mixed media A delegation from the Museum of Folly recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Italy, where we were startled to discover these signs in the Vatican Museums. The signs bear an unexpected resemblance to our museum’s own stairway sign (visible in the right sidebar). While we encourage sharing, there had [...]

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Museum signage, 21st century

Exploring the galleries

This photo of visitors contemplating a passageway into another suite of galleries comes from David Clow – Maryland’s photostream. COLLECTION CONNECTION FAQsWhere are you located? We are in the Civic Center district, between the State Hysterical Society an...Real Pooh, 2008 Lake George, Minnesota Digital photograph; colored pixels Via Mail Online This unfortunate ...St. Charles of [...]

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Exploring the galleries

Now serving

Now serving in the Folly Cafe, from the New Belgium Brewery. This comes with Dr. Thom’s personal recommendation! COLLECTION CONNECTION No related objectsPost from: the Museum of Folly (MoFo), internationally acclaimed museum of foolishness. Follow our director, Dr. Thom, on twitter.Now serving

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Now serving

Fun with history

The museum’s educators are pleased to introduce a new family program called “Fun with History!” As a first assignment, students should listen to this report by Steven Short on PBS Radio station KALW’s CrossCurrents program. Short’s topic is Chief Marin, for whom Marin County is named. The students should pay particular attention to this assertion: “Marin was [...]

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Fun with history

Album covers, late 20th century

Various places of origin Album jackets; colors on cardstock Via the Museum of Bad Album Covers The Museum of Folly is pleased to present a special exhibition on loan from our sister institution The Museum of Bad Album Covers. We are excited to present this small but exceptional selection from MBAC’s extensive collection. To those who say MBAC is [...]

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Album covers, late 20th century

FAQs

Where are you located? We are in the Civic Center district, between the State Hysterical Society and the city’s new tech history museum, The Museum of Modem Art. There is no mistaking our facade. The main entrance is on Bouvard Avenue near Pecuchet Street. What are your hours? The Museum of Folly never closes. A unique feature of [...]

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FAQs

Warning signs, 21st c.

Various places of origin Plastic, metal, wood, and colors Various lenders Since our building is new, our Operations, Visitor Services, and Graphics departments have been researching signage options. This small exhibition of 14 signs presents those that our cross-departmental working team felt would be most suitable for our institution. Below is a list of what the signs signify, as [...]

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Warning signs, 21st c.

Flash Cake, 2009

USA Mixed organic materials, including sugar, butter, flour, and colors Via cake wrecks According to the original owner of this unique object, an image of a man playing golf was submitted on a flash drive to a cake shop. That image was, however, not used, as the following dialogue ensued: “Hey, Jill, what am I putting on this cake?” “Oh, [...]

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Flash Cake, 2009

Hanging Bush

It’s Hard, by Thomas Christensen, 2009 Digital image, black and white pixels Lent by the artist As the USA prepares to inaugurate a new president, we at the Museum of Folly are preparing to add contributions from the outgoing executive to our Hall of Quotations. This has been a difficult assignment for our curators because there is so [...]

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Hanging Bush