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Picture of a small mole paw with a metal flower mount, with museum tags.

Magical moles’ feet

7 June 2019 by Chelsea Nichols

Explains the magical uses of moles feet amulets found in UK museums

Categories: Curiosities, history, Museums • Tags: amulet, animal, jewelry, magic, moles, museum, witch

GUEST POST: Neil Lebeter on pickled moles, haunting trees and Friday disasters

16 October 2011 by Chelsea Nichols

Categories: Contemporary Art, Curiosities, Guest Post, history, Museums • Tags: curiosities, grotesque, guest post, haunting, installation, institution, moles, museum, outsider art, sculpture, textile, trees

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For those with a taste for the peculiar, The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things is an imaginary museum that explores the strange place between art and curiosities.

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