The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

It's kind of sad when you are the only people inside a museum, it's even worse when the curator says your the only visitor all week. So who are the two guys whose home was turned into a museum that no one visit?

Well Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian war hero and temporarily shacked up in Staten Island before freeing his people.

Antonio Meucci (1808-1889) was said to be the original inventor of the telephone. He was fascinated with electricity and while working at electroshock therapy one of the patients screams transmitted through the wire. When his wife became ill he set up a primitive telephone to keep in contact with her. Soon after an explosion on the Staten Island ferry sent Meucci to the hospital and to make money his wife sold that phone to a local yocal. A year later Alexander Graham Bell filed for a patent for a telephone, hmmm. Meucci died angry and penniless.

First to get to the island you'll need the explosive ferry.

Yeah the waterfall is still on.

Off the boat your greeted with a place to eat, for those who don't get seasick.

Down the corridor, I just love the light and dark contrast.

This is Meucci or is it Garbaldi, they lookd exactly the same in bronze.

No wonder their dead the bedroom is just an accident waiting to happen.

Nice dude was voyeur.

This was the candle making oven, Meucci invented a smokeless candle,
Garbaldi would learn the same trade here.

The outside of the house/museum.

Here is Meucci's tombstone.

And his wife's, notice it's not as grand you because of that whole selling the greatest invention of the electric era for $6.

Back home and one finally picture of this beautiful day.

For further information visit http://www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org/
Admission is a suggested donation of $5 but I gave a little less.
420 Tompkins Ave.
Staten Island NY, 10305
Take the Staten Island Ferry then either the S78 or S52.

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