72 museum jokes

  1. Why don’t you ever see statues playing hide-and-seek in a museum?
    • Because they always get stuck in the same pose!
  2. What do you call a prehistoric exhibit that tells the best jokes?
    • A dino-ROAR!
  3. Why did the painting go to jail?
    • Because it was framed!
  4. Why did the mummy refuse to be placed in the museum?
    • He couldn’t stand the sarcophagi!
  5. What do you call a sculpture who’s always late?
    • Stone-cold delayed!
  6. Why did the artist bring his paintbrush to the museum?
    • He wanted to brush up on his history!
  7. Why did the dinosaur skeleton go to the party?
    • To have a blast from the past!
  8. What’s a museum guide’s favorite music genre?
    • Exhibit-Hop!
  9. Why did the archaeologist go broke?
    • Because his career was in ruins!
  10. Why was the painting a good listener?
    • Because it was all ears!
  11. How do museum curators greet each other?
    • “How do you curate?”
  12. Why did the painting go to therapy?
    • It had too many layers!
  13. What do you call a statue with a bad attitude?
    • A hard-headed art piece!
  14. Why did the painting take a nap?
    • It was tired of being on the wall all day!
  15. Why did the thief steal a calendar from the museum?
    • He wanted to take a year off!
  16. Why don’t museums allow high heels?
    • Too much pressure on the ancient floor!
  17. How do you organize a space party?
    • You planet in a museum!
  18. What do you call an artwork that doesn’t eat much?
    • A light sketch!
  19. What does the T-Rex in the museum eat?
    • Curator tots!
  20. Why don’t paintings get lost?
    • Because they always know their canvas!
  21. What’s a museum’s favorite type of math?
    • Geometry, because it’s all about the right angle!
  22. Why did the art museum install a new air conditioner?
    • To keep the Monet from Degas!
  23. What do you call a cat that lives in a museum?
    • A purrtrait!
  24. Why did the museum put the coffee machine on exhibit?
    • It was brewing up history!
  25. What do you call a painting of a cat?
    • A paw-trait!
  26. Why did the museum hire a gardener?
    • To plant some artifact-choke hearts!
  27. What did the ancient pottery say to the archaeologist?
    • Urn your respect!
  28. What do you call a nervous sculpture?
    • A little on edge!
  29. Why did the painting go to the bank?
    • It needed to make a Monet transfer!
  30. Why did the painting go on a diet?
    • It had too many still lifes!
  31. Why don’t museums serve food?
    • Because you can’t touch the artichoke!
  32. Why did the caveman go to the art museum?
    • He had an appreciation for the earliest forms of “rock” music!
  33. What do you call a singing statue?
    • A rock star!
  34. What’s a sculpture’s favorite type of music?
    • Heavy metal!
  35. What do you call a painting that always tells the truth?
    • A straight-up canvas!
  36. Why did the music lover go to the art museum?
    • To see the “rock” exhibits!
  37. Why did the picture go to jail?
    • Because it was a “still” life!
  38. What’s a museum curator’s favorite type of exercise?
    • Artifact lifting!
  39. Why did the Egyptian exhibition go on a diet?
    • It was in “de-Nile” about its weight!
  40. Why did the museum go to therapy?
    • It had too many mummy issues!
  41. What do you call a tidy sculpture?
    • A clean-cut work of art!
  42. Why did the painting go to the doctor?
    • It had a stroke!
  43. What do you call a fish that lives in a museum?
    • An artifact-fish!
  44. Why did the knight go to the museum?
    • He wanted to get a little culture in his armor!
  45. Why did the archaeologist go to the museum?
    • He had some bones to pick!
  46. What do you call a funny sculpture?
    • A laughing stone!
  47. What’s an artwork’s favorite type of clothing?
    • Sketchers!
  48. Why don’t paintings ever win races?
    • They always get hung up at the start!
  49. Why did the historian bring a ladder to the museum?
    • To reach the upper crust of society!
  50. Why was the abstract painting always confused?
    • It couldn’t make heads or “tales” of itself!
  51. Why did the statue break up with the painting?
    • They were in a rocky relationship and couldn’t picture a future together!
  52. What do you call an alligator in a vest at a museum?
    • An investigator!
  53. What do you call a painting that doesn’t know its place?
    • A mis-canvas!
  54. Why did the painting go to the party?
    • To get a little drawn out!
  55. What do you call a painting that’s out of control?
    • A wild sketch!
  56. What do you call a museum that only exhibits cheese?
    • A curd-ator!
  57. Why was the archaeologist always happy at work?
    • His job was always in ruins!
  58. Why did the curator refuse to play cards with the jungle cat exhibit?
    • He was afraid of cheetahs!
  59. Why did the painting go to school?
    • To get a little sketchy!
  60. Why did the archaeologist breakup with his girlfriend?
    • Because he was looking for someone a little older!
  61. What did the museum say to the ancient artifact?
    • “You’re history!”
  62. Why was the curator stressed out?
    • Too many artifacts and not enough time!
  63. What did the sculpture say to the statue?
    • “You rock!”
  64. What’s a museum’s favorite time of day?
    • Knight time!
  65. Why don’t museums play hide and seek?
    • Because the best art always stands out!
  66. What do you call a dinosaur that loves art?
    • A dino-saur!
  67. What do you call an artist who sculpts with cereal?
    • A cereal artist!
  68. What do you call a painting by a cat?
    • A paw-sso!
  69. Why did the artist refuse to play chess?
    • He was afraid of losing his Monet!
  70. Why did the archaeologist go to the bakery?
    • He was in need of a good dig!
  71. Why don’t museums serve fast food?
    • Because it’s not preserved well!
  72. Why do museums always feel rich?
    • Because they are filled with Monet!

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