Freakiest Museum Out There

Most of these museums are "out there". What's the strangest one? A museum of string? peanuts? barbed wire? doll heads? condoms?

What's the freakiest museum you've been to.

Heard of doesn't count - we want to hear from people who actually have visited the freaky museum and can report first hand.

Best (or worst) Museum Building Design

I'm excited about many of the work architects have been doing in the museum field around the world. I have finally warmed up to the Guggenheim/Bilbao museum, although it took me a few years.

I love the work done for the Walker in Minneapolis. The Walker is one of my favorite museums to begin with, and the new design has helped showcase more art in marvelous spaces.

Best Museum or Exhibit You Saw in 2006

What has been the best museum exhibit you've seen this year?

My First Time

The first museum I remember being at that made an impression on me is probably the most famous museum in the world. The Louvre. I was 6 and in Paris with my mom, her sister and a couple of cousins. We spent a whole day in the Louvre, and I remember being so tired and kinda tired of looking at room after room of stuff I didn't quite get (not even the Mona Lisa). Until I saw the Winged Victory at the top of a staircase. It mesmerized me. It was like this giant thing ready to come flying at me. Maybe it's because I'd just seen Wizard of Oz for the first time and was a bit freaked out by things with wings. Maybe I was just tired enough that I gave up being annoyed with moving around. Maybe it was just that great a piece of sculpture. I stood and stared at it. My mom finally had to drag me away with the promise of buying a postcard with that on it.

I haven't been back to Paris since then. But I still remember how I felt standing in front of that huge sculpture and get chills.