Mental Floss
  • AMAZING FACTS
  • BIG QUESTIONS
  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • ENTERTAINMENT
    • #TBT
    • MOVIES
    • MUSIC
    • POP CULTURE
    • TV
  • HISTORY
    • HISTORY
    • ARCHAEOLOGY
    • BAD OLD DAYS WITH A.J. JACOBS
    • BIOGRAPHIES
    • KING TUT
    • TITANIC
    • WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
  • LISTS
    • LISTS
    • BOOKS
    • FOOD
    • LANGUAGE
    • WORDS
  • LIVE SMARTER
    • LIVE SMARTER
    • HEALTH
    • SMART SHOPPING
    • TRAVEL
    • HACKS
    • FUN
  • QUIZZES
    • QUIZZES
    • KENNECTIONS WITH KEN JENNINGS
    • BRAINTEASERS
  • SCIENCE
    • SCIENCE
    • ANIMALS
    • ENVIRONMENT
    • SPACE
  • ALL STORIES
  • NEWSLETTER
      Mental Floss

      MUSEUMS

      Krakow Wax Museum - So Bad, It's Good
      Icon / VideoCreated with Sketch.

      Bizarre Wax Statues of Prince William and Kate Middleton Stun, Repulse Fans Online and in Poland

      The royal couple has seen better days.

      Ken Ossea, Jr.

      Alexander Graham Bell in 1910.

      What’s on Alexander Graham Bell’s Early Audio Recordings? The Mystery Might Finally Be Solved

      Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone helped fund his future experiments—some of which have proven tough to decipher.

      Ellen Gutoskey

      The Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium is closing its doors.

      Believe It or Not: The Ripley’s Odditorium in Atlantic City Is Closing

      The monument to everything weird is closing up shop after 26 years.

      Jake Rossen



      Punk rock fans are about to have a museum to call their own.

      Vegas Calling: The World’s Only Permanent Punk Rock Museum Is Set to Open in Las Vegas in Early 2023

      The museum will feature a bar, wedding chapel, and tattoo parlor.

      Jake Rossen


      Ruttars' Vineyards in north-eastern Italy.

      Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Is Covering Visitors’ Train Fare and Museum Fees

      In Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, visitors get the benefit of free transportation and cultural experiences in exchange for their presence.

      Michele Debczak


      Museum visitors will now have some new insight into artwork with a questionable history.

      In New York, a New Law Will Require Museums to Acknowledge Artwork Stolen by the Nazis

      Hitler's Germany stole over 600,000 paintings during World War II. A new law will make sure museum visitors know about it.

      Jake Rossen


      *Not the actual jacket.

      A 72-Year-Old Woman Stole a Jacket From Paris’s Musée Picasso and Had It Tailored—Not Realizing It Was Artwork

      The 72-year-old museum visitor claimed she had no idea the jacket was part of an art installation.

      Ellen Gutoskey
      NEXT
      Mental Floss
      ABOUT
      CONTACT US
      NEWSLETTERS
      PRIVACY POLICY
      COOKIE POLICY
      TERMS OF SERVICE
      ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
      SITEMAP
      A-Z Index

      © 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved