History Main / MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual

* The Museum of the Weird, a collection of strange and often occultic items that would have served as a companion piece to Franchise/TheHauntedMansion, is one of the more infamous examples of WhatCouldHaveBeen for the Ride/DisneyThemeParks and would eventually emerge in comic book form as "[[ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms Seekers of the Weird]]'' (though the comic retconned the Museum to be more of a SecretGovernmentWarehouse run by a secret society, which is not ''meant'' to be visited — [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks a concept that had very mixed reception]]). Some of the basic premise would also be used by Hong Kong Disneyland's Mystic Manor.

* The Collector's warehouse from ''Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout''. Among the exhibits are Cosmo the Spacedog, [[Film/AgeOfUltron an Ultron drone]], the Yeti from the Matterhorn, [[Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror a bellhop's cap from the Hollywood Tower Hotel]], [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]], and, of course, the Guardians themselves. In [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy the film itself]], his collection included what may have been ComicBook/AdamWarlock's cocoon and [[spoiler:''Howard the Duck'']].

* The Tarmalon Museum in LegacyOfTheAncients has a treasure room, a rare tree with near-miraculous fruit that enables {{Healing Potion}}s, portals to towns and several nasty dungeons, functional weaponry, even a Pegasus under glass...oh, and that [[ArtifactOfDoom Compendium of Magic]] that the museum's personnel believed was just [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions harmless]] [[EvilIsNotAToy local supersition]].

* As part of [[Wrestling/JamesMitchell James Vandenberg]]'s CollectorOfTheStrange gimmick in Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1997, he was supposed to be the curator of the Museum of Medical Oddities.

Welcome to Professor Tropington's MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual. Within these halls, you will find exhibits dedicated to the [[WeirdScience mysteries of the world]]. For example, you will find the [[AlienTropes UFO displays]] up the stairs, next to the planetarium. To see the [[IndexOfFictionalCreatures cryptid exhibits]], take the hall to your left. To visit the PsychicPowers exhibit, well, you should know where that is. [[MishmashMuseum And yes, we prize the eclectic range of our collection over any benefits that might be gained from consistent themes.]]

* In the ''Series/BlackMirror'' Season 4 finale "Black Museum", a tourist decides to burn time at the eponymous Black Museum--a collection of dangerous technology associated with high-profile crimes.

* The Mystery Shack in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. It's explicitly stated to be a tourist trap (Where the real mystery is why people keep coming) run by [[TheBarnum Dipper and Mabel's Great-Uncle Stan]], but it's been hinted in more than one episode that there's some secret about the building itself. It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the Shack used to belong to Stan's twin brother Stanford, which he used for his paranormal investigations; the exhibits are some of Stanford's inventions and specimens.]]

* [[https://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_AttractionMain.htm House on the Rock]] is insanity unleashed. Rooms dedicated to organs, carousel animals, doll houses, and a giant octopus attacking a ship. It's rather like a museum that operates on RuleOfCool and [[ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability doesn't care about authenticity.]]

** The Museum of Artifacts in [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Mournhold]] contains an assortment of legendary items (almost all of which [[GottaCatchEmAll the player has to find first.]])
** There's the Museum of Oddities on the [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Shivering Isles]], which contains [[SoulJar a tomato-shaped soul gem]], [[TheNudifier a ring that strips the wearer]] and a coin with two heads, among other things.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' has a lite version in Calixto's House of Curiosities, it's a retired adventurer's collection of semi-valuable herbs and alchemy reagents, with a handful of interesting artifacts.
*** One of the most popular {{Game Mod}}s for ''Skyrim'', [[http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52248 Legacy of the Dragonborn]], adds a gigantic museum in Solitude dedicated to the PlayerCharacter which can be filled with pretty much everything one finds over the course of the main game -- ranging from natural science exhibits to rare books to Daedric artifacts.

* The Kunstkamera in [[TheCityFormerlyKnownAs St. Petersburg]], founded by UsefulNotes/PeterTheGreat.

* The Museum of the Weird, a collection of strange and often occultic items that would have served as a companion piece to Franchise/TheHauntedMansion, is one of the more infamous examples of WhatCouldHaveBeen for the Ride/DisneyThemeParks and would eventually emerge in comic book form as "[[ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms Seekers of the Weird]]''. Some of the basic premise would also be used by Hong Kong Disneyland's Mystic Manor.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Rama}}'' One of the locations on the cylindrical alien ship is a museum containing holographic exhibits on staple items of human civilization, and that of the two alien species living on the ship. It also contains puzzles meant to teach visitors both human and [[AlternativeNumberSystem alien numerals.]]

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Olde_Curiosity_Shop Ye Olde Curiosity Shop]] on the {{Seattle}} waterfront is half oddball souvenir shop, half this. Look for the old-school peep show (1920s, postcards), the scrimshaw carvings, and the [[DeadGuyOnDisplay two well-preserved mummified humans]] under glass in the back.

* The Museum of Magical History in several ''TheWotch'' [[http://thewotch.com/index.php?epDate=2009-04-20 filler comics]].

* Creator/SarahMonette's short story ''Draco Campestris'' takes place in one of these.

* Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on the {{Seattle}} waterfront is half oddball souvinier shop, half this. Look for the old-school peep show (1920s, postcards), the skrimshaw carvings, and the two well-preserved mummified humans under glass in the back.

* The British Museum in ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''.

* The Onu-Metru Archives in ''{{Bionicle}}'', home to many dangerous living "exhibits".

* EmersonLakeAndPalmer's "Karn Evil 9: First Impression Parts 1 and 2" depicts modern life as a funhouse museum of the strange and grotesque.