The Uncanny County Museum

On today's tour, our tour guides, Xan and Joe are reunited with special guest expert, paleontologist, and UCM legend, Hillary McLean, in discussing the science, research, and accuracy behind the latest Apple+ documentary series, Prehistoric Planet.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, as they describe their experience exploring the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum together in Boston, and they recount the history of the museum while discussing its curatorial and cultural impact on the United States art scene, and the infamous heist that occurred in 1990.

In wrapping up our exhibition on Protestants and Catholics, Xan and Joe pick right back up from part 3 by focusing on the reasons why the Puritans left England and later the Netherlands for the new world, what it resulted in, and why the United States is so prone to cults. Meanwhile, they reflect on the positive/negative reverberations that both these religions’ politics and values have inflicted...

Continuing on with our extended exhibition focused on the history of Protestants and Catholics, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, as they pick back up from part 2 by discussing the iconoclasm in northern Europe during the reformation and Martin Luther's take on arts place in one's faith. Meanwhile, Joe examines the Baroque Art movement and the church's hand in it while Xan recounts...

Continuing on with our extended exhibition focused on Protestants and Catholics, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, as they pick right back up from part 1 by discussing the creation of Calvinism and its effect on northern European art and culture. Meanwhile, Joe recounts the story of the Huguenots' existence in France and their intense conflict with the Catholic church over faith and power.

Welcome to the Uncanny County Museums’ special exhibition on the history of Catholicism and Protestantism! For part 1 of our exhibition, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, next to one of Gutenberg's printing presses, where they discuss the origins of Roman Catholicism and its role in medieval Europe. They also explain what the Protestant Reformation was and how it shaped the European contin...

On this tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, at the center of the universe…just kidding it's one of our museum halls. They discuss how creation myths from different cultures connect to the scientific explanations regarding the creation of Earth.

Happy Easter, Passover, and Ramadan from all of us at the Uncanny County Museum! On this very special tour, we catch our tour guides Xan and Joe, joined by special guest Rayce Peters, outside the museum's screening of the movie, Black Easter, where they give their thoughts, opinions, and confusion about the film. 

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, in an exhibition room featuring a series of obscure musical instruments from throughout history.. Starting from 43,000 years ago to the late 1980’s, they discuss the impact musical instruments have on the types of music that was created over time.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, on a raft in the middle of the open ocean where Xan discusses the complex maritime navigation of the Lapita people in ancient Polynesia.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, back in the Museum's music archives where they discuss how people found out about music historically and how we learn about contemporary music today. From the Radio, Tiktok, and streaming services, how do these applications influence the way we find new music and how might it change in the future?

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, at the UCM’s Dungeons, Drive-ins, and Dives D&D festival and they take this opportunity, in full cosplay, to explore the intricacies, difficulties, and nuances of Fantasy-based media.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, in the museums' hall of maps depicting the different regions of Italy and Joe takes this opportunity to explore the history of dialects and languages from the Island of Sardinia. Meanwhile, Xan discusses the nuances of different languages and the complexity of the English language.

On today's tour, our tour guides Xan and Joe are joined by special guest expert Jon Alba (@jon_alba) who gives us a closer look into the world of wrestling and the entertainment side of professional sports.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, inside the museum's hall of Rococo paintings, where they will be talking about the history of museum display and collecting. Upon discussing the history of the French Revolution and its consequences on the art world, Xan describes the collecting style of Edmond de Goncourt, A French private collector and curator. Meanwhile, Joe discuss...

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, on the outskirts of an eerie forest inside the museum where they take this opportunity to talk about natural borders. Joe talks about the history of the ancient Hercynian Forest and how it repelled Roman legions advancing into Germanic tribal lands as well as the wildlife it contained. Meanwhile, Xan discusses the impact natural borders, l...

On today's tour, our tour guides, Xan and Joe, are joined by special guest expert Christian Flores (@crikeyitschristian) who takes this opportunity to discuss a brief history of conservation in zoology and contemporary examples of this practice today.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, inside a rather large camera obscura where they talk about the documentary, David Hockneys Secret Knowledge, regarding the use of rudimentary projectors by 15th century artists. As curious and profound this discovery is, Xan and Joe theorize whether or not it discredits the artist's talents in mastering perspective, or enhances it…

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, as they navigate the aesthetics, values, and contradictions inherent within Conservitave art. Ranging from oil paintings to flag designs, they break down some reasons as to why this type of art/design exists and where it potentially originated from.

In our final exhibition covering the mythological creatures held in the Uncanny Cabinet, our tour guides, Xan and Joe, focus on the history of Dragons. In covering their historical origins to their role in contemporary fantasy/visual pop culture, they attempt to understand how the concept of dragons came to be; discussing what they might mean within different religious and cultural contexts.

In continuing with our series of exhibitions regarding mythological creatures on exhibit in the museum's Uncanny Cabinet, our tour guides, Xan and Joe, turn our attention to the history of giants. They talk about giants throughout mythology, history, and pop culture while also breaking down the reasons why they appear in many traditions around the globe.

In kicking off the start of 2022, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, in the Uncanny Cabinet where they will be launching a new series of tours focusing on mythological creatures through history, starting off with Mermaids/Merfolk. They discuss the origins of the mythology surrounding Sirens throughout history while attempting to investigate the psychological inner workings the stories might be...

Happy holidays from all of us at the Uncanny County Museum! As a last minute gift and ode to the end of the year, Xan and Joe go through some of the best moments from their tours in 2021. We will be taking a short winter break at the Uncanny County Museum and will be resuming our tours on January 8th.

On today's tour, our tour guides, Xan and Joe, discuss the topic of memory by recalling their own memories from childhood, pondering if memory was ever considered to be important by our ancient ancestors. They discuss the continuity of human beings, comparing their memories to the most advanced technology from their time and theorize what we will compare ours to in the future.

On today's tour, we join our tour guides, Xan and Joe, inside the neutral void space within the museum where they will be talking about the concept of utopias. Realizing the difficulty of discussing the idea of a perfect system of living, they provide examples throughout history where utopias succeeded or fell apart. Joe recounts the story of the failed Libertarian utopian town of Grafton whil...