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Johnson Museum of the Odd
A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch
Category Unique Collections
Charlie Johnson, an eccentric citizen of Lincoln, Nebraska, has made a museum out of a lifetime’s accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch. His “Museum of the Odd” is run out of his home on a residential street not far from the University of Nebraska, and can be visited by appointment only.
Among the museum's staggering holdings: a large collection of severed doll heads, plastic jack-o-lanterns, hundreds of Betamax videocassettes, religious memorabilia, toy tops, and miniature animals. The collections spill across every wall, surface, and crevice of his home, and are all meticulously organized. Says Johnson: "It's hard for me to say what's weird or what's not, mostly because I'm right in the middle of it all."
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- Hours By appointment only
- Address 701 Y Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- Cost Free
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I visited this museum in October, 2010 and it appears to be closed.
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Anonymous
September 1, 2010
Charlie, Your museum is uber-awesome. Proud to know you, fellow Zoobarite. My phone's on the fritz. So write, Chaz! Terri -
Anonymous
July 12, 2009
oh please! This makes us Nebraskans look flat out crazy! It is merely a house filled with tons of junk that will eventually have to be bulldozed down to nothing!
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Anonymous
June 23, 2009
I wanted to take a group of young people to tour your place. My name is Nate Woods and my number is 474-1110. If you could contact me so we could make arrangements to visit the Museum
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