# What's the worst museum you've ever been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881 "2025-10-11T16:20:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/81 "2025-10-13T19:09:33Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Los Alamos, NM is just a boring collection of empty buildings with no artifacts or much signage even. Completely opposite, I found the Manhattan Project B Reactor tour at Hanford, WA to be fascinating! Others have mentioned fantastic museums ruined by crowds like the Louvre. We visited the Louvre at a quieter time and found it amazing (same with nearby Musée d’Orsay), but our trip to Versailles was both good and bad. The good: We arrived on a day the palace was closed. Darn. But we decided to get some wine, bread and have a picnic on the grounds. We spent many hours touring the gardens and grounds while it was deserted. Amazing. The bad: The next day we did the palace tour and you could basically lift your feet and have the crowd move you through. Would be neat to go through when it wasn’t so stinking packed. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/82 "2025-10-13T21:13:11Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > The Salem Witch History Museum. I was there 30 years ago, and somehow they’re still open. Reviews are 2.9 out of 5 on Tripadvisor. Our friend group was misled by the word “history” in the attraction’s name, but it was more like a cheap haunted house. > > [https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction\_Review-g60954-d1746107-Reviews-Witch\_History\_Museum-Salem\_Massachusetts.html](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60954-d1746107-Reviews-Witch_History_Museum-Salem_Massachusetts.html) How many visitors have I had in almost thirty years from other parts of the country, and who asked that I take them to this? Maybe half a dozen. It’s truly terrible, just a two-story open set of dioramas with ‘spooky’ music and narrative…a cathedral of sorts to tourist schlock. Everyone should visit it at least once. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/83 "2025-10-13T21:39:14Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > It’s truly terrible, just a two-story open set of dioramas with ‘spooky’ music and narrative…a cathedral of sorts to tourist schlock. > > Everyone should visit it at least once. The truly terrible roadside attractions full of tourist schlock are always worth a visit. If for no other reason than you get to post about them here! Reading this thread I’m reminded of “[Uncle Willie’s Desert Museum](https://youtu.be/UWaXbTC0c-U?si=OvPGSlz1F_yPe8jD&t=424)” in the old made-for-TV movie _Gargoyles_. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/84 "2025-10-13T23:09:04Z")
The place sounds appropriately named. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/85 "2025-10-13T23:10:24Z")
Which Lima? I can think of two off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/86 "2025-10-13T23:13:38Z")
Peru. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/87 "2025-10-14T00:30:56Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > My nominee here would be the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen. It’s world-famous, one of the symbols of the city. You’ve seen it in many photographs, and it’s lovely, surrounded by water, and often dramatically lit by sunrise or sunset. So of course you have to go. > > The first problem is that it’s way outside the main city center, in an uninteresting part of town. […] > > Once you get over your disappointment in the statue, the site does offer one fairly unique tourist attraction: It’s a great place to step back and see two hundred people all looking in one direction with the same expression on their faces: “We hiked all the way out here for that?” Sounds like the Danes have figured out an ingenious way to get the tourists out of their hair for at least a little while! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/88 "2025-10-14T05:45:51Z")
I’ve never been to San Antonio, but I’ve heard the same kind of thing about the Alamo. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/89 "2025-10-14T06:10:05Z")
I’m sure they’re upset that they didn’t see their bicycle in the basement. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/90 "2025-10-14T11:39:10Z")
No, but they do have it! > **[Pee-wee's Bike Goes on Display at The Alamo on 40th Anniversary of Film Debut](https://www.thealamo.org/alamo-trust/pressroom/pee-wees-bike-goes-on-display-at-the-alamo-on-40th-anniversary-of-film-debut)** > > Check out all the construction news of the Alamo. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/91 "2025-10-14T11:53:46Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > Lincoln’s birthplace is in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Which is also disappointing honestly. For years they claimed that the cabin on display was the original one he was born in but it was eventually revealed to be a fake. What an incredible claim about the cabin. In the Springfield museum I mentioned they have built a replica of the log cabin. Or maybe it was a hologram? ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/92 "2025-10-14T12:09:48Z")
The wurst museum? Take your pick, we have the [Bratwurst Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_German_Bratwurst_Museum) [Currywurst Museum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsches_Currywurst_Museum) [Another Bratwurst Museum](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nuremberg-bratwurst-museum-germany) [And a Weisswurst Museum](https://bavaria.travel/stories/veal-sausage-weisswurst-academy/) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/93 "2025-10-14T12:42:22Z")
> **[Carrot Museum](https://belgiqueinsolite.com/en/guide/carrot-museum/)** > > Discover the Carrot Museum, one of the smallest museums in Belgium, housed in a former 1911 electrical substation. A quirky and must-see attraction! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/94 "2025-10-14T15:09:41Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Not strictly a museum, but on time I went to a zoo, and it only had one animal - a dog. > > It was a shit zoo! I remember an old Jay Leno bit, from back in the days when the Atlanta Zoo had a reputation for being one of the worst zoos in the country. “It’s just dogs in cages!” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/95 "2025-10-14T15:56:37Z")
I went to the Paris Sewer Museum today. Not the worst, but definitely the stinkiest. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/96 "2025-10-14T16:21:37Z")
Lord, so many museums I’ve been in over my 73 years, they all tend to blur together… Was in Southampton, England for a day (post-cruise) and visited the Tudor House and Garden because it sounded interesting…it wasn’t, poorly marked and little if any explanatory information and not all that much worth seeing (at least inside, outdoors was moderately interesting). OTOH, the Aviation Museum (now called for reasons beyond my ken Solent Sky) is a hidden treasure with multiple fascinating exhibits and, at least while I was there, a side-room firefighting display almost as interesting as the planes. Ought to have a corresponding threat for ‘hidden treasure’ museums… ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/97 "2025-10-14T16:27:31Z")
The Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum in St. Augustine Fl. I went on a day when they had a discount. Barely worth the 50 cents I paid for it. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/98 "2025-10-14T22:08:57Z")
This very niche museum opened recently in my multi-city. I’ve actually heard that it’s quite an interesting place, so I should check it out. (It also has an event space, which may well be how it stays open.) > **[Spoon Museum | Spoon Collector in Davenport, IA & Quad Cities |...](https://mississippispoongallery.com/)** > > Stop by Mississippi Spoon Gallery today to check out our collection of antique spoons in Davenport, IA. We can also host your next private event! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/99 "2025-10-14T23:16:20Z")
@Spoons would love it. As long as they have the musical sort, not just the stirring or eating sort. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881/100 "2025-10-14T23:22:29Z")
Yes! It looks like a great place. I’d love to visit. I hope it’s not one of those “look, but don’t touch” museums, though … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881.md?page=6)