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What's All This Then?
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Friday Edition
We jumped in the car and drove to Minneapolis to make
a documentary about Aesthetic Apparatus: Found and Reused.
Coudal Partners
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Exceptional exhibits are highlighted each quarter. Selections
from previous seasons are archived here. Join our Board of Directors won't you?
Spring 2009
A curatorial standard we use at The MoOM goes like this: One is a thing. Two is a couple. Three is a set. Four is a collection. A huge mess of totally groovy related items that vary slightly and occasionally quite a lot and by their assembly in one place demonstrate not only the collector's obsession with an arcane, even trivial matter but also the viewer's fascination with the collecting itself is, well, totally righteous. The Gallery of German Television Test Patterns.
My six-year-old neighbor believes the tooth fairy lives in a castle made out of children's molars. Other disturbing lies told by grown-ups can be found at Not a Cough In a Carload: The Museum of Tobacco Industry Propaganda.
My radio, believe me,
I like it loud
I'm the man with a box
that can rock the crowd
Walkin' down the street,
to the hardcore beat
While my JVC
vibrates the concrete.
I'm sorry if you can't
understand
But I need a radio
inside my hand
Don't mean to offend
other citizens
But I kick my volume
way past 10
You might think that when it's time to blow bubbles that your options are limited to one of those store-bought canisters that never quite work right. But just one look at the Bubble Blowers Museum will prove how very wrong you are. There are vintage wands, wind up blowers, promotional kits, and so much more. Though before you get too excited and begin fantasizing about your next bubbly adventure, please do make note of the site's warning: "I COLLECT bubble blowers. I do not sell them."
It's easy to get a cheap laugh from the Urinal Gallery or World Toilet Info, but once you grow up and stop your immature giggling, you'll find it difficult to stop browsing, with great fascination, through the thousands of facilities captured and cataloged from around the world. But if you still feel the need for a chuckle, just think of how many of these user submitted photographs were taken right as someone came through the door. How's that for an awkward couple of seconds? "Oh, sorry, I had to, um, take a photo of this for the internet, see?"
the Museum of online museums
Currently | Previously | Benefactors | Mission
Welcome to the MoOM. The galleries are updated continuously, and new exhibitions are hung each quarter.
The Museum Campus
The Permanent Collection
Galleries, Exhibitions and Shows
† = Most recently added
Recently acquired but not-yet-collected exhibits, with descriptions, along with exhibits previously collected, can be found in the MoOM Annex, a part of the general Coudal Partners archives.
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About
The MoOM is a part of the Coudal Partners site. Based in Chicago, CP is a small design firm with big ideas.
MoOM Overview
Welcome to the Museum of Online Museums. On the MoOM main page you, will find the current exhibitions. The main collection is in the center column, divided into three subsections. On the left you'll find the five current featured exhibitions. The MoOM is updated continuously with major updates coming once each quarter.
An archive of previously featured exhibitions is available for browsing.
Those interested in supporting the MoOM as Benefactors also earn the right, but not the obligation, to post links to their own and other worthy collections. Information on serving on The Board is detailed in the Benefactors section.
A more detailed description of the MoOM Mission and galleries, as well as recent news and press clippings can be found here.
Special Feature
In honor of its recent renovation, we've assembled some information and a short film about the spiritual home of the MoOM, Crown Hall, at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
infrequent mail
The MoOM is updated extensively each quarter. For a quick note when that happens and occasional contests and other stuff, enter your email here. We won't ever abuse the privilege. Period.
