Today in the NY Times I read a fascinating article about a Museum of Failures. Focusing on such failed products as the Segway, Google Glass, and Harley Davidson perfume, the museum takes a look at objects aimed at consumers that did not meet expectations.<\/p>\n
One paragraph in the article, a quote from the founder of the museum, jumped out at me:<\/p>\n
\nDr. West said the idea for the museum dawned on him when he visited the Museum of Broken Relationships. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe they had a Museum of Broken Relationships,\u201d he said. \u201cThen I decided I had to get busy with my Museum of Failure.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My immediate thought upon reading this paragraph was, why not go meta? Given the vast variety of museums out there, shouldn’t there be a museum of museums?<\/p>\n
Now that we have virtual and mixed reality, we can totally do this. In one physical location, you can embark on a journey to everything from a museum of Himalayan art to a museum of Natural History to a museum of Sex to a museum of Broken Relationships.<\/p>\n
The museum of museums would be the ultimate museum. Isn’t it about time we created this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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