“Being normal is vastly overrated,” declared grandma Aggie Cromwell in Halloweentown (1998). Certainly, life has so much to offer: things curious, magical, mysterious and strange. Weird antiques and vintage objects especially are so interesting to us because they’re unfamiliar. What back then perhaps was the norm, today seems peculiar and spooky.

Museum of Curiosities is a place of such wonder, showcasing strange and interesting finds. It’s like opening a virtual cabinet of curiosities. The treasures are shared and curated by Monsieur Pompier’s Travelling Freakshow – an authentic and original group of oddballs that are no amateurs in spooky entertainment. So prepare to be amazed, our dear pandas, as we present to you our third feature on Monsieur Pompier’s Museum of Curiosities!

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This Online “Museum” Posts Ridiculously Interesting Finds, Here Are 150 Of The Best Ones (New Pics)

#1 Water Damaged Copy Of “Alice's Adventures In Wonderland” Which Grew Fungi.⁠ ⁠ (Photo By Igor Siwanowicz)

#2 Self-Defense Glove For Ladies (London, 1850)

#3 Corner Piano

#4 This Is Bertha Boronda.⁠ ⁠ Bertha Was Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For “Mayhem” In 1908

#5 Rare Set Of 16th Century Italian Notation Knives With Musical Notes Engraved On The Blade, Meant To Be Sung As Grace Before A Meal

#6 Reusable Shopping List From The 1950s

#7 17th Century Poison Cabinet Disguised As A Book

#8 Ann Lockley Taking Tea With A Baby Hawk And A Lobster

#9 Late-1800s Brothel Candles. Wen The Candle Burned Out The Session Was Over

#10 Obstetric Phantom, 18th Century. The Wood And Leather Model Was Used To Teach Medical Students, And Possibly Midwives, About Childbirth

#11 Myrtle Corbin, Known As The Four-Legged Girl From Texas, Was A Dipygus

#12 Contraption Worn By A Mid-19th Century Women Who Lost Her Nose To Syphilis

#13 Black Cat Auditions In Hollywood (1961)

#14 Horse Costume Taken From Jean Cocteau’s Le Testament D'orphée (Testament Of Orpheus), Designed By Janine Janet, 1960

#15 Antique Victorian Crystal Poison Bottle, 1890

#16 Mr And Mrs Aardvark

#17 "Winkie" Blinking Eyeball Novelty Ring From 1962

#18 Norton's "Smile And Cry" Baby Face Soap, 1930-39

#19 Tutankhamun Wore Socks With His Sandals

#20 Chopines Are Platform Shoes That Were Worn By Women In The 15th, 16th And 17th Century

#21 The Old Gentleman Of Raahe Is Believed To Be The Oldest Surviving Diving Suit In The World, Dating Back From The Early 1700s

#22 In 1963, The Bronx Zoo Held A Unique Exhibit It’s Name Was “The Most Dangerous Animal In The World” And As You Can See From The Picture, The Most Dangerous Animal Is A Human

#23 Kiss Your Favorite Beatle! 16 Magazine, 1965

#24 Unlucky

#25 1950s Ovaltine Advert

#26 The Retired Heads Of Madame Tussauds

#27 Rubber “Beauty Masks” Worn To Get Rid Of Wrinkles And Skin Imperfections, 1921

#28 This Mannequin Was Designed By Angelique Marguerite Le Boursier Du Coudray During The 1700’s

#29 A Knocker-Upper Was Someone Whose Purpose Was To Wake People Up During A Time When Alarm Clocks Were Expensive And Not Very Reliable

#30 Michelin Men

#31 The Bee's Knees

#32 Bear With Me

#33 "The Bat" From A German Fashion Magazine C.1951.the Mask Was Created By The French Make Up Artist Fernand Aubry

#34 This Russian Family Portrait Was Taken Back In 1886. The Father Had An Obsession With Pool, And Dressed His Children Like Billiard Balls

#35 The Breastplate Of Cuirassier 19 Years Old Antoine Fraveau, Struck And Killed By A Canonball During Battle Of Waterloo (1815)

#36 Daddy Saddle

#37 Victorian Mourning Ring With Glass Eye Of The Deceased Ca. 1890

#38 “The Isolator“ – A Bizarre Helmet From 1925 Designed To Improve Work Productivity

#39 The Perfect Gift

#40 Ice Cube Face Mask By Max Factor, 1947

#41 Women At Butlins Holiday Camp Wearing Marilyn Monroe Face Masks In Clacton-On-Sea, England, 1952

#42 Photographer Unknown, Possibly Paleontologist Alfred Romer. Nelda Wright In The Skull Of A Kronosaurus, 1958. Harvard University Archives

#43 Fly Me To The Moon

#44 Phoney People

#45 Ophthalmologist Signs In Taiwan, 1962

#46 The House Of Nonsense

#47 Beauty Treatments At Helena Rubinstein’s Salon, 1940s

#48 70s Wool Nose Warmer

#49 This Was Once The Oldest House In Hamburg Germany. It Was Built In 1504 And Was Demolished In 1910

#50 1930s Baby Rattle

#51 Snow Fooling

#52 Victorian Era "Ritter" Road-Skates Or Foot Bicycles, Ca 1898

#53 Authentic 16th Century Plague Doctor Mask Preserved And On Display At The German Museum Of Medical History

#54 Wax Model Of A French Sailor With Skin Disease Of The Nose, Made In 1894

#55 1920s Soviet Demonstration With A Large Sculpture Of A Pig

#56 Lee A. Merlin Was Crowned Miss Atomic Bomb In 1957

#57 Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans — 1962

#58 Victorian Era Radiator With Bread Warmer

#59 Dentists Waiting Room

#60 A Neon Salesman's Sample Case, Circa 1935

#61 1887, Alice In Wonderland

#62 To Copyright Their Unique Looks, Professional Clowns Submit Their Likeness To The Clowns International Group, Who Paint Eggs To Match The Hair, Makeup And Costumes Of Each Performer, And Then Files Them In The Clown Egg Register

#63 Past - Present - Future?⁠

#64 The 14th Century Tomb Of François I De La Sarra, Who Is Spending Eternity With Frogs Feasting On His Face And Genitals, And Worms And Snakes Nibbling On His Body

#65 Professor Meredith Thring And His Stair-Climbing Chair Prototype In 1964

#66 Egyptian Gold Sandals And Toe Caps Circa 1500 B.c

#67 Exhibits From Froggyland, A Taxidermy Museum In Croatia. The Specimens Were Preserved In 1910-1920

#68 The Little People Of The Woods Published By Birn Brothers, 1940s

#69 Cabbages And Crime

#70 Creepy Donald Duck Costume

#71 A Junior Officer And A Soldier From A German Field Artillery Unit Wearing Acoustic Optical Locating Apparatus

#72 Boneheads

#73 Brains 25¢

#74 This Medieval House In Aveyron, France, Dates Back To The 13th Century And Was Built Top-Heavy As A Cost-Saver, Because At The Time, Homes Were Taxed On Ground-Floor Square Footage

#75 Bat Lantern (Circa 1930)

#76 Feeding Time

#77 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Posing Like A Mummy During A Trip To Cairo In 1896

#78 Worms