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Exhibitions

Welcome to the rotating exhibitions wing of the Cat Butt Museum, where scholarship, confusion, and lint converge in uneasy harmony.

Please note that several galleries may be temporarily closed for grooming-related incidents.

Current Exhibitions

🍑 The Rear Awakens

January 2026 - Ongoing

A sweeping retrospective tracing the evolution of the modern domestic cat posterior from ancient grain storage societies to present-day couch obstruction.

  • 14th century illuminated manuscripts with suspicious tail placement
  • Interactive “identify the breed by butt silhouette” challenge
  • Life-size hallway recreation of a cat stopping abruptly in front of you

Warning: Visitors have described the final room as “spiritually destabilizing.”

🧶 Threads of Shame: Textile Adhesion in Long-Haired Cats

March 2026 - August 2026

An immersive exploration of lint, yarn, glitter, tinsel, and unidentified particles discovered in the wild.

  • Microscopic photography
  • Preserved “holiday ribbon incidents”
  • The controversial “Velcro Cat” installation

Please do not attempt to remove exhibit fibers. They are considered part of the collection.

🌌 The Void Stares Back

Special Dark Gallery Experience

A nearly black room dedicated to black cats whose orientation cannot be determined.

Guests are invited to ponder:

  • where the face is
  • whether they are being watched
  • if the tail just moved

Flash photography prohibited after the 2024 “collective panic event.”

🏛️ Fragments from Pompeii

Traveling Exhibition

Scholars once believed these frescoes depicted ceremonial bread offerings. Further analysis revealed otherwise.

  • Reconstructed Roman wall paintings
  • Speculative diagrams
  • One archaeologist resignation letter

Presented in partnership with the Institute for Extremely Unnecessary Research.

Upcoming Exhibitions

🐈 Loaf & Order

Opening Fall 2026

A formal investigation into loaf posture geometry and the complete disappearance of legs.

  • Thermal imaging
  • Advanced loaf taxonomy
  • “Is this still a cat?” voting stations

🛰️ Cats in Microgravity

Pending Funding Approval

Pending funding approval from agencies that have repeatedly asked us to stop emailing them.

Permanent Collection

The museum’s permanent collection includes over 2,000 carefully archived works spanning:

  • Classical Cat Butt Portraiture
  • Postmodern Tail Studies
  • The Beige Couch Era
  • Early Internet Cat Photography
  • The Great Laser Pointer Period
  • Minimalist Tuxedo Compositions

Curator’s Note

“Every cat turns away eventually.
We merely chose to document it.”

— Dr. Leonard B. Whiskerforth
Interim Associate Deputy Curator of Rear Studies

Visitor Information

  • Certain exhibits contain sudden eye contact
  • Please do not tap on the cats
  • The museum is not responsible for emotional damage caused by sphynx exhibits
  • Gallery temperatures vary according to “cat preference standards”
  • See more at Visitor Information.