Museums around the world have entered into a competition where they try to share the scariest objects from their collections on social networks.
The "battle" was started by the Yorkshire Museum in York, England, who shared the photo hair figs from the tomb of a Roman woman from the 3rd or 4th century. It was accompanied by a note or a call to museum curators to submit the most gruesome items from their collections.
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh responded with a pink mermaid with scary eyes and rotten teeth. Other answers include the Berlin History Museum, which submitted a 17th century plague mask, Oshawa Museum from Canada offered a photo of a creepy clown, New-York Historical Society the death mask of former US Vice President Aaron Burr, Charleston Museum, the first American museum, pa hair curling table including hair.
Previous challenges have included finding the most boring, prettiest or deadliest objects, as well as an Easter challenge where they were looking for the "best egg". Among others, museums have also used social media to connect with visitors during the closed doors, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, where people were challenged to they recreate works of art with what they have at home, and the MoMA museum, which prepared a series of free educational courses.
