Welcome to The Museum of Boring Things

The Coat Room

Coats. They're everywhere! Including this major, groundbreaking exhibition where you can look at, but not touch, hundreds of coats on coat racks. Smell the wool and be transported to a magical place that has a lot of wool in it.

A History of Chess Pieces

Learn the fascinating, true story of how chess pieces have changed through the centuries. See chess pieces made out of birch, oak, maple, plastic, and even pewter! Truly not to be missed.

Hall of Seatbelts

Have you ever wondered what the seatbelts looked like in every single make and model of Soviet car from 1978 through 1984? Trick question! They didn't have seatbelts. But if you've wondered the same thing about American cars from 1978 through 1984, you should stop wondering because we have all of them. That's right!

Please note: Due to the fragile nature of some of the nylon, the lights in the Hall of Seatbelts must be kept very dim at all times. If you want to see one belt a little better, feel free to wake up one of our staff-members and they'll be happy to amble over to the case and briefly turn on the light.

Art Gallery

We have an extensive art collection at the museum, including paintings by world renowned artists like Monet, Picasso, Pollack, and Renoir. But we display these paintings with our typical MBT twist: We show you the backs of the paintings! See how Raphael would stretch his canvases differently than Rembrandt.

Special November Exhibit: We'll show you the backs of paintings we have on loan from The Museum of Bad Art.

Recycling Center - Interactive Exhibit!

Everyone tolerates recycling! You can tolerate it at our museum, too. Just visit our recycling center. First, you can buy a soda for $3.50. We have a wide selection including RC Cola and nothing else. When you finish drinking your soda, put it in the recycling bin. Not only have you helped the earth, but you've been bored.

The "Maze"

If mazes are too exciting for you, relax with this refreshing change of pace. See if you can navigate from the beginning of the straight hallway to the end without getting lost. Many have tried. All have succeeded.

Punctuation Palace

Now with more exclamation points.

The Menagerie

Lots of great animals. Great animals that do nothing. Pictured at left is Stevie, our most charismatic little critter.

If you haven't been to the museum recently, you are in for a great surprise. In the spring of 2009, after a multi-million dollar fundraising campaign, we were able to open our newest display: The world's largest walk-through sea monkey tank. Imagine yourself surrounded by tranquil waters and tiny little brine shrimp. We overheard one little boy walking through the exhibit recently say, "Daddy, where are the animals?" We just had to smile, because the animals were all around him. What an idiot!

Special Fall/Winter Exhibit: See Goran, our hibernating bear. Watch his stomach gently rise and fall as he sleeps through the winter. Riveting! He will be here from October through March only, before we ship him back to the Moscow Circus. Be sure to be very quiet in the Bear Den. If you wake up Goran, he will eat you, just like he did his last trainer, Sergei! Don't worry, though, if he eats you, we will refund your money since that, technically, isn't boring.

Dr. Bennett Barkin, MD: Lecture Series

Join noted Mushroomologist, and volunteer weekend crossing guard, Dr. Bennett Barkin, MD., every fifteen minutes in the well-lit part of the cafeteria, as he lectures extensively on the history of mushrooms. Each lecture is just off the top-of-his head and almost guaranteed to be different than the previous one because he's a rambler. So keep coming back for more; you'll learn something new each time!

Foreign Film Room

Do you like foreign films? If so, you should probably skip this room because you won't be bored. But if you hate foreign films, come into our Le Theatre to see black and white foreign films the way foreigners do: without subtitles. A rotating selection of films including "masterworks" by François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Michaelangeo Antonioni, and, on Japan Days, Akira Kurosawa. Le Theatre is kept an extra five degrees warmer than the rest of the museum to guarentee that you fall asleep.

Located in scenic Huntington, Long Island, mere minutes away from several major towns including:
Syosset, East Northport, Dix Hills, and Fort Salonga

Shuttle bus service now available to and from the Post Office!