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COLLECTIONS AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ODDITIES
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THE GEOFFREY DUNSTABLE MANIA DIAROMAS
Since 1978 Geoffrey Dunstable has been constructing detailed dioramas depicting various states of depression and mania. The diaromas are constructed entirely out of house nails. Dunstable has documented a series of natural disasters, including the San Francisco and Yokahama earthquakes and the great flood of Biblical times. He has spent the last two years creating a minature reproduction of the Challenger shuttle disaster using a combination of self tapping screws and iron filings.
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WALT DISNEY'S FALSE TEETH
Donated anonymously, these are one of the most significant artefacts in MoMO's collection.
Purported to have belonged to Walt Disney, they were apparently removed prior to his death and subsequent cryogenic preservation. It is believed that they were placed in his bedside locker for safekeeping and collected after his death with other personal belongings. It was only after he was placed in suspended animation that the dentures were discovered by a cleaner who kept them in his possession until his own death.
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THE AHMET YACEK SOAP COLLECTION
This unique collection contains soap fragments dating back to the middle of the 19th century. Ahmet Yacek took over the collection from his late father who inherited it from his father. Each fragment is a unique physical record of three lifetime's commitment to cleanliness. Taking their shape from repeated caresses over the contours of the body the soap fragments provide both an intimate study of three individual lives and the changing circumstances in which they lived.
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