I used to go into the Jay Ward/Dudley DoRight Emporium all the time, starting from the mid-60s on until it closed some years ago. In fact, I made a purchase there about a week before it was shuttered. Something a lot of people didn't know was that many of the buildings behind the Emporium were the production offices for Jay Ward. Also, the building which the Bullwinkle statue stood in front of has a small courtyard; in the courtyard are a series of concrete disks inlaid into the courtyard, in a manner similar to the courtyard at Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd.. The writers, animators, voice artists, and Jay Ward himself, wrote their names and placed their elbow prints (yes, elbow; it was Jay Ward's group, after all) in the concrete. In addition, a few other notables in animation added their names and prints, including Walt Disney. The building is now a dog daycare center and, since the statue was removed, I fear the historic signatures may not be around much longer...

The statue will not be returned to the original site, but last time I heard, back in March 2015, the City of West Hollywood, where the statue originally was placed, was to vote on placing the statue of donated space at another location on the Sunset Strip near the original location...

Here's an article about the restoration and the restorer:

http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/u...d-solved-last/


On the subject of strange museums, in nearby Culver City, close to the old MGM Studios (now Sony Studios), is a rather unique museum straight out of Victorian curiosity, THE MUSEUM of JURASSIC TECHNOLOGY:

http://www.mjt.org/

This place is a combination of surprising and creepy...


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That museum sure is interesting...

Check out the link on the site to "Sympathetic Institutions":

http://www.mjt.org/Links.html

There are a few more interesting museums listed...


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Aktung tells me there was a Museum of Menstruation in Maryland. Honestly, I think maybe some of these places should just have a big sign over the door saying "WTF?"