Museum Enthusiast Gifts

The Thinker and the Doer.

"This particular species is believed to have travelled in troupes."

Queen Silvia Bernadotte

Welcome to the British Museum...

"It may well be a hugely significant example of early 18th century Flemish art...but as head of merchandising I have to ask 'What would it look like on a fridge magnet?'"

Wax Museum - Please do not touch the thermostat.

"Makes me want to draw up some districts of my own."

'Cheer up Don! Everybody starts at the bottom.'

'Please do not touch' signs all over a museum. The guard has a 'please touch' above her.

"Why didn't the artist just change her smile in the computer?"

Vote Jones - the last low budget political campaign.

'Museums are a lot like flea markets...except nothing's for sale.'

"No, we won't take Greek relic instead!"

Freud.

Arnhem Drop

"If we go next door there's a 'bobby on the beat'."

Man in art gallery looking at mouse hole with small pictures also hanging on wall.

"Now can we have an eating experience?"

"Is that where you live, Grandad?"

'I remember when you could see these all over the place.'

"Don't you sometimes worry that if they do give us our stuff back we'll lose some of the sense of grievance that's so crucial to our cultural identity?"

Pull my finger.

Tourist sucker hall of fame

Man at museum. See's a suit of armour labelled 'Made in Japan'.

Poster adverting an exhibition from 'the very important' to 'some old tut..'

Return the Elgin marbles to Elgin!

"I just worry that it's affecting our work."

"First, we install proper insulation. Then we call the Museum of Natural History."

Archeology Dept. Hey, let's go to the cafeteria. They're serving leftovers.

Clothing museum. What would you say if someone asked you to invent an alternative to the button or zipper as a closer? It'd be a snap.

"Well, I'm offended!"

"Van Gogh would not live to see his masterpiece on a four-piece salad server set available in our gift shop."

"And you can also see Rodin's lesser-known 'The Watcha Thinkin Bout-er'."

"We're lucky to live in a city with so much unaffordable art."

A teacher wrangles children in a museum with a rope and stanchions.