Covington, Kentucky - Behringer-Crawford Museum - Oddities Display
- Address:
- 1600 Montague Road, Covington, KY [Show Map]
- Directions:
- In Devou Park. I-71/75 to Exit 191 in Kentucky (Pike St/12th Street), the second exit south of the Ohio River from Cincinnati. South on Pike Street (US 25). Make a quick right onto Lewis St., then follow Lewis until it dead-ends into Montague. Right on Montague. Turn right at the top of the hill and stay on Montague; the museum will be straight ahead.
- Hours:
- Tu-sa 10-5, Su 1-5. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 859-491-4003
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"Rather than two heads attached to one body, our calf is instead two bodies, like Siamese twins, that didn't completely separate." The freak animal is part of a display about the history of the museum, which began as an accumulation of natural history curiosities by the late William Berringer. For years the calf had been allowed to deteriorate. Risch said "it was in horrible shape, the legs were gone." Now what's left of the calf is more carefully preserved, "stable, on its belly."
The northern Kentucky museum is dedicated to regional history, art and culture. But visitors can seek out the heritage rarities, such as the calf, a shrunken head, and a giant hair ball, that helped give the museum its start in 1950. "The hairball is all shellacked together, with an original label initialed by W.B. by Berringer."
"It's our history," Risch said. [RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 02/02/2008]
For years, the most popular exhibits at the Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington, Kentucky, were its two-headed calf and shrunken head. In 1991, however, the two were removed and put in closet somewhere.... [01/28/2007] Complete News Story
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