At London’s Barbican, zebra finches play guitar for the pleasure of museum goers—play “Freebird”, dudes! (Guardian UK) Only 33 years after its last use, France has opened a museum dedicated to their favorite method of capital punishment, the guillotine. (Guardian) If you’re liable to blush or giggle at the sight of giant wooden weewees and whowhodillys, you ... Read More »
Looking for something a bit more flash than what Savile Row or the High Street had to offer, a few fashion-forward Londoners began to frequent a warren of stores and corners called Carnaby Street in that city’s SoHo district in the late 1950s. The loud prints, loose ankles, military surplus, and other bits of flair offered by retailers like ... Read More »
Mira Nair is currently making movie news with ‘Amelia‘, the Hilary Swank-starring Amelia Earhart biopic that screened on opening night at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, but she really got her first taste of movie stardom as the director of 2001’s Monsoon Wedding. The film was just re-released by the Criterion Collection, so let’s take a trip to ... Read More »
Here at Museyon we go absoluetly gaga for Kiosk, a store that loves travel as much as we do. The tiny downtown NYC shop features the wackiest assortment of finds from around the globe — think salt and pepper shakers from a Flordia breakfast joint, creepy Mexican toys and handcrafted Japanese slippers. Each season, the store features rotating selections of goods ... Read More »
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