It's not often that we'd willingly visit an attraction with a history of people puking or passing out. But, well, some folks like darker forms of entertainment. Workers at The Museum of Death keep a running score of visitors who find it all too much to bear.
Leaving aside the strangeness, the museum in New Orleans, U.S., appears to be quite interesting, and it definitely aims to take a different viewpoint on death than we are accustomed to.?
After all, that will happen to all of us. Whether we like it or not, we need to start preparing.?
Inside the museum, you'll see artefacts from different serial killers, like John Wayne Gacy, as well as a number of other gruesome items, including 'Dr Death' Jack Kevorkian's euthanasia machine (the 'Thanatron,' and genuine human bones and taxidermy. In a nutshell, it's not for the faint of heart.
The Museum of Death has multiple locations. One of its well-known locations is in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. However, there is another Museum of Death in Hollywood, California.?
Each location features exhibits related to death, including serial killer memorabilia, artwork, and other items of morbid interest.
Obviously, the museum's nature can be a little too much for certain individuals, and people have been known to vomit or pass out on occasion.
It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen."People open up, they ask questions," Scott Healy, curator of the New Orleans collection, told?National Geographic.?
"It becomes personal when you go through and see genuine things connected to these stories." Some of them appear to be too personal.Regardless, he revealed how the museum comes across some of its exhibits.?
"The reason [the museum] kind of started was the lack of education about death in our society, the taboo nature of it, and the inquisitiveness of it," he explained.?
"Our goal was to educate people."?
"The sourcing process begins by contacting a serial killer and asking if they'd be interested in donating something because they can't profit or sell their items."?
"You then begin interviewing them.?The correspondence will begin with the contribution and progress from there."They'll also go to police auctions to check if there's an odd and unusual bargain to be gained.?
Despite its strange exhibitions and morbid subject matter, the museum is ultimately a place of study and even entertainment.?
He said, "This is a place where you can be creepy and not be judged for it."Good luck to them; we may all benefit from being a little more curious about death.?
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