Museums around the world are competing over who has the creepiest object in their collection in a Twitter thread that is not for the faint-hearted. Spooky toys that move on their own, disturbing taxidermy experiments, a sheep's heart stuck with pins and a doll with human hair - all these and more creepy objects feature in the thread that began when the Yorkshire Museum in York invited museums world over to share the most unusual and spooky object in their collection.
According to The Guardian, the #CreepiestObject challenge is part of Yorkshire Museum's weekly #CuratorBattle, wherein they invite other museums and visitors to share objects around a certain theme.
On Friday, the museum shared a photo of a hair bun from the burial of a Roman lady, belonging to the 3rd or 4th century. "Today's theme, chosen by you, is #CreepiestObject! 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..." they wrote while announcing the social media challenge on Twitter.
MUSEUMS ASSEMBLE! It's time for #CURATORBATTLE! ????
— Yorkshire Museum (@YorkshireMuseum) April 17, 2020
Today's theme, chosen by you, is #CreepiestObject!
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...
CAN YOU BEAT IT? ???? pic.twitter.com/ntPiXDuM6v
The hair bun has collected nearly 10,000 'likes' on the microblogging platform, along with a ton of curious comments.
The National Museums of Scotland responded to the #CreepiestObject challenge with a photo of a "mermaid" with rotting teeth.
Our #CreepiestObject has to be this ‘mermaid'... ????????????♀️ #CURATORBATTLE #TroublingTaxidermy pic.twitter.com/GMSosyuqIX
— Natural Sciences NMS (@NatSciNMS) April 17, 2020
Ever seen a sheep's heart stuck with pins? Now you have:
Sheep's heart stuck with pins and nails and strung on a loop of cord. Made in South Devon, circa 1911, "for breaking evil spells", @Pitt_Rivers collections #CreepiestObject #CuratorBattle pic.twitter.com/z5vdCFCU4S
— Dan Hicks (@profdanhicks) April 17, 2020
For the Museum of London, the creepiest object in their collection is a doll with glass eyes and human hair.
We're a bit late to the game @YorkshireMuseum, but can we play too? Our #CreepiestObject is this Georgian doll sporting a fashionable silk dress, deep glass eyes and with *checks notes*...human hair. #CuratorBattle pic.twitter.com/0KyPoPd2pP
— Museum of London (@MuseumofLondon) April 21, 2020
This Canada museum, meanwhile, freaked many out with their haunted sheep toy. "Just a CURSED CHILDREN'S TOY that we found inside the walls of a 155-year-old mansion. We call it 'Wheelie' - and it MOVES ON ITS OWN: Staff put it in one place and find it in another spot later on...." the museum wrote while sharing a photo of the toy.
Bringin' our A-game for this #CURATORBATTLE! What is it? Just a CURSED CHILDREN'S TOY that we found inside the walls of a 155-year-old mansion. We call it “Wheelie” - and it MOVES ON ITS OWN: Staff put it in one place and find it in another spot later on…. #Creepiestobject pic.twitter.com/FQzMzacr8a
— PEI Museum (@PEIMuseum) April 17, 2020
A museum in Japan also responded to the challenge with a Japanese woodblock print of a monster biting off a woman's hair.
How about this Japanese ukiyo-e(woodblock prints) from @ukiyoeota Collections? This black creepy monster is biting off woman's HAIR! #CURATORBATTLE #CreepiestObject pic.twitter.com/nkbdodCKqj
— 太田記念美術館 (@ukiyoeota) April 21, 2020
Which of these objects is the creepiest according to you? Let us know using the comments section.
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