Help — museums are sharing their 'creepiest objects' on Twitter

Help — museums are sharing their 'creepiest objects' on Twitter

Museums all around the world have been leveraging their online followings and sharing artworks and artifacts via social media.Some museums have started to offer virtual tours.

Others have created fun artwork recreation challenges.Britain’s Yorkshire Museum, though?

Well, it’s keeping busy by sharing the creepiest object in their collection — and encouraging other museums to do the same.On April 17, Yorkshire Museum challenged museum curators far and wide to a “curator battle".The challenge?

Show off the “creepiest object” your museum has to offer.“We’re kicking things off with this 3rd/4th century hair bun from the burial of a #Roman lady, still with the jet pins in place…” the museum wrote.“CAN YOU BEAT IT?.Well, several museums stepped up to the challenge.Penshurst Place’s creepiest object was “the Drinking Bear,” part of an exhibit at their Toy Museum.The Natural Sciences division of National Museums Scotland presented their creepiest object: a “mermaid".Bradford Museums & Galleries shared some lovely (read as: terrifying) photos of antique dolls.As creepy as they were, they couldn’t top the doll that Cape Fear Museum has on display