Employee entrance
This photo of our employee entrance is from zarylla’s photostream.
If you came in through the employee entrance you can, if you wish, exit and view our front facade and public entrance.
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Visitor Comments
MEMO
FROM: Anita Gidway, Visitor Services manager
TO: Director’s office
Dr. Thom:
As you know, we have begun providing comment cards for visitors to fill out when they leave the museum. So far we have accumulated 33 cards. I thought you might like to review the comments, which I have sorted by department in the attached spreadsheet. We will continue to monitor this.
AG
Golf ball, 2008
Durham, North Carolina
Titanium compounds, urethane, and other synthetic materials
Via SFGate
The Museum of Folly is pleased to have in its collection this golf ball, believed to have been struck by Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City mayor Rudi Giuliani, during his attempt to secure a position on the Duke University golf team. The ball was located deep in the rough by a teenage boy, who generously donated it to the museum; it has been marvelously restored by the museum’s conservators.
Errant shots such as the one that caused this ball to become lost may have contributed to Mr. Giuliani failing to make the team. Upon being notified of this decision, Mr. Giuliani filed a 198-page lawsuit, which “claims the coach has interferred with Giuliani’s efforts toward becoming a professional golfer.” The museum’s curators hope someday to add the would-be golf pro’s legal brief to our collection.
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Ford Crown Victoria, 1998
San Francisco, California
Plastic with steel reinforcements
Via SFGate
This car, deaccessioned from a fleet belonging to the city of San Francisco and acquired by the Museum of Folly at auction, was used by a city employee for her daily commute between the Central Valley and the city. According to the Matier and Ross report cited in the credit line above, “San Francisco city records show that no fewer than 246 workers, including police brass, airport employees and Muni managers, have take-home car privileges.”
“Text is not likely to be stupid”
MEMO
FROM: Membership department
TO: Director’s office
Dr. Thom:
Have you seen something call the stupid filter? We are concerned that this insidious software, which “can detect rampant stupidity in written English,” will interfere with our current membership drive. By filtering stupidity out of the internet, materials for new acquisitions may diminish, and we will have difficulty hosting special exhibitions. Also, according to our colleagues in Marketing and PR, if stupidity is removed from the internet our ability to promote the museum will negatively impacted.
Listen to this:
Continue reading this label …
Traffic post, 2007
Keizer, Oregon
Concrete
Via katu.com
In July 2007, Residents of Keizer, Oregon, complained about the erection of this traffic post in their sleepy town. The thrust of their argument was that something about its shape was offensive to the bedroom community.
The object’s shape may actually allude to the scepter that is a traditional attribute of the fool.
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