Source: Atlas Obscura
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley delivers admirably on all that one could expect from a museum about the history and art of northwest Virginia, but a closer examination reveals items that will elicit an involuntary and audible “hmmmm” from any attentive visitor.
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Many museums focused on rural Americana display overwhelming oodles of implements no longer in common use, but the curators of this museum have thoughtfully culled a few extra-unusual items sure to pique the curiosity of visitors. A wall invites visitors to guess at the purpose of these objects, some of which seem more appropriate for a display about the Spanish Inquisition.
A low-tech printed catalog hangs nearby offering answers for the inquisitive. A spikey wooden pole is not, in fact, a probe for infidels, but an old-style apple picker, and what appears to be a “rack” is a form for bending wood…
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