Comments on: Marvelous Museums

By: John

John — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:56:14 +0000

The finest museum I’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting was “Murphy’s Sarsparilla Museum and Emporium”. However this amazing place couldn’t be father from Europe as it was located in a town about 400 miles outside Salt Lake City, Utah. They were open on Mondays and Tuesdays and sometimes Saturdays, but this was back in 1973, so their hours may have changed since then.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:15:24 +0000

It is aggrevious that the academia of the Greater London Metropolitian area refuses to celebrate the life of John Merrick by exhibiting his legendary bones! John Merrick was something of a celebrity in his era; hobnobbing with those whom belonged only to the utter most elite and afflulent tier of society; such as Sir Henry Morton Stanley and Guy De Maupassant. I am aghast that the public outcry deploring this injustice hasn’t been more reverberous. It is incorrigible that historically significant artifacts such as these are being withheld from observation. It is the divine right of the people that the persuit of knowledge not be obstructed, and I wholeheartedly believe that John Merrick, being the socially adapted man that he was, would have desired for his remnants to be displayed and enjoyed for all to see.

By: Hans Ericsson

Hans Ericsson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:08:33 +0000

Well Ryan,
The bones of John Merrick are currently in storage at the museum located in the Royal London Hospital. Unfortunately, they are not available for public viewing. The museum is however, free to the public.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:34:29 +0000

Hans, in what museum would one find the bones of the venerable John Merrick? I hear it has been on display for over a century yet although I seek it with painstaking enthusiasm, I have come up short handed in the actualization of the quest. Prithee, wherever rest the legendary bones of the Elephant-Man John Merrick? This wonder of the Victorian Age has delighted people from all walks of life for generations. Infact, Queen Victoria fancied herself honored when she had the pleasure to dine in the presence of the man himself. Hans, it would be most kind if you were to lend your expertise to the matter, perhaps, maybe even immortalising the tale through one of your blog entries?