The Uncanny County Museum

On today's rather unconventional tour, our tour guides, Xan and Joe, return to the Uncanny County Museum to lead a drawing workshop, where they discuss their experiences teaching Drawing in higher education, along with the joys and difficulties attached to teaching art. Meanwhile, they also give insight into the unexpected slow down of their tours at the UCM and hint at their new Podcast project.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, inside the museum's hall of Middle World history where Joe recounts the history of the infamous group known as the Assassins. They both discuss the impact this group had from the 11th to 13th century on middle world history, their downfall, along with wondering what kind of food they may have eaten.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, in the Museum's voided exhibition hall where Xan recounts the events of the devastating KPG extinction event that destroyed the Dinosaurs, and most life on Earth, while also discussing just how long our planet has been around, and all it has endured.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, inside the Museum's gift shop where they discuss the impact, reasons, and purpose of why we enjoy fiction. Pulling from numerous examples such as Stoner by John Williams, the recent film Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and even the AMC series Breaking Bad, they deep dive into how we can identify with fictional characters, and take away powerful messages from reading/consuming fiction.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe inside the Museum Chapel of the Holy Stingray, where Xan discusses the hot gossip behind the pregnancy of Charlotte the lone stingray and breaks down the science as to how and why this is possible without her having a mate. Meanwhile, Joe opens with his thoughts regarding Dune 2. 

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, inside the Museum's replica 16th-century Florentine arena, where Joe discusses the history, rules, and story that makes up the Florentine sport, Calcio Storico Fiorentino. All the while, they discuss the role of sports in society and their greater physical and psychological impact.

On today's tour, we join Xan and Joe for a relaxed tour as they re-visit the infamous Tampa Triangle Dead Zone, where Xan recounts the perplexing story surrounding the lost wreckage of German submarine U-166, and a boat-load of mercury.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, in the Museum's hall of ancient Egypt where Joe recounts the history surrounding an important figure in the ancient Egyptian world, Imhotep, along with describing some of the evidence for his existence, and some of the speculative conspiracy theories surrounding his existence.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, inside the Museum's hall of Predator Animals where Xan discusses the recent news concerning the reintroduction of wolves into the state of Colorado by conservationists, while also discussing the environmental impacts wolves have in their given ecosystems, and how their absence in the East Coast of the United States due to colonization has led to environmental devastation.

Happy holidays from all of us at the Uncanny County Museum!

On today's tour, we join our tour guides in the Hall of Hallmark at the Museum where they discuss the purpose and cultural impact of Christmas movies. All the while, Xan talks about his recent experiences in liminal Florida.