Obscura Day 2012: Private Collections and Unusual Access

Things you may be craving this Obscura Day: erotica (we got it), ammo (check), outsider art with a cheeky title (yes sir!). Here’s your chance to explore collections usually off limits and behind the velvet ropes with the people who know the stories behind every gatling gun and naughty vase.

Guided Tour of the World Erotic Art Museum, Miami Beach, Florida

Gun Running at NRA’s National Firearms Museum, Fairfax, Virginia

“Crossing the Threshold” of the House of Balls Minneapolis, Minnesota

START SNOOPING:

• Obscura Day at the Elkin Cabinet of Curiosity, Elkin, North Carolina
• Faces from the Past: Death Masks at Princeton University, Princeton, New York
• Tinkertown Museum Tour & Exclusive Access to Creator’s Workshop, Sandia Park, New Mexico
• Tour the Busy Beaver Button Co. Button Museum, Chicago, Illinois
• The Heidelberg Project, Detroit, Michigan
• An Obscure Day at the Bunny Museum, Pasadena, California
• Obscure to Obscura: Unusual Artifacts of the Wolfsonian Collection, Miami Beach, Florida
• Obscura Day Pacific Pinball Museum Tour, Alameda, California 

Obscura Day April 28, 2012 - EVERYWHERE