15+ Mildly infuriating museum visits

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15+ Mildly infuriating museum visits: 'A history museum... is not your Instagram photo stage'

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Spending an afternoon at the museum can be a great way to break out of your usual monotonous routine. When was the last time you went to one? Depending on where you live, there may be tons of art museums, history museums, or kid-focused museums. It's not for everyone — some people find them boring — but you're sure to see things you've never seen before, and maybe broaden your horizons. Plus, in some places, if you're a resident, you can get into that museum for free or for like, a dollar using the pay-what-you-wish system. Especially if you've got kids and a long summer's afternoon to fill, it's the spot to go.

While you're at that spot, though, you'll still have to deal with the hoi polloi who are also wandering the same halls as you. Maybe you planned on a peaceful afternoon wandering the art museum hallways and browsing the paintings, but there are a bunch of kids who can't stop laughing their faces off at the lifelike sculptures. Or, have you ever toured a museum at the same exact time as a school field trip full of kids who are either chatty or very bored and can't wait to leave? Instead of a relaxing visit, you're now surrounded by grouchy teens who just want to be on their phones.

In some people's cases, folks were confused about the art itself! As you can see below, one person mistook an ancient bowl for a trash can… yikes! There are all kinds of ways an afternoon at the museum can totally go south, so keep scrolling to see which museum fail is your fave.

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"A real art museum with other art. But this is a page riped from a coloring book, scribbled with marker, framed. Most of us created something very similar to this in preschool," this person laments. It is an odd choice! It's from artist Jeff Koons, who's made a lot of polarizing pop art in his day.