The Oddporium is the brainchild of Ken and Beth Schuler who both grew up in Arden, Delaware. After Ken lost his job, they decided to take their strange collections and open their gallery of the peculiar and bizarre.
“I used to dig in the creek bank in Arden and dig up old bottles, a lot of those are sold in the store today,” said Beth. Before he became her husband, Ken used to explore abandoned buildings, as Beth said, to “just snoop around, take photos.” Beth had a crush on Ken, so she would go too.
About four years ago, after Ken’s place of work closed up, the couple reopened a building Ken’s family had constructed in 1911 as a showplace for their unconventional acquisitions.
“All the unusual collections that we have, people might enjoy them,” Beth said.
Beth describes the Oddporium as “a museum and a store. It’s the unusual, the bizarre, and it’s a learning experience.”
It certainly is an experience. Click here for the full story from WHYY.
