Kayla Mahoney, Author at Museum Hack

The Worst Banquet Of All Time

Kayla Mahoney — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:00:59 +0000

If you think your last Thanksgiving was bad, be glad you weren't a guest at Nitocris' banquet.

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Kate Warne: America’s First Official Female Spy

Kayla Mahoney — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:00:15 +0000

It’s 1861. A plot has been uncovered to assassinate everyone’s favorite top-hatted president, Abraham Lincoln. Who you gonna call? The answer my friends is Kate Warne; trailblazer, spy, and all around Badass Bitch.

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The Real Story of Coit Tower

Kayla Mahoney — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:00:28 +0000

Lillie Hitchcock Coit was her name and gamblin’ was her game.

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The Madness of Pythagoras

Kayla Mahoney — Thu, 24 May 2018 13:00:35 +0000

Pythagoras? Yeah, he was a cult leader.

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Violet Jessop: The World’s Most Unsinkable Woman

Kayla Mahoney — Wed, 02 May 2018 13:00:02 +0000

This is the story of Violet Jessop, an Irish woman who survived not one, not two, but three of the most catastrophic ship disasters of the 20th century.

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The Birth of the Inferiority Complex

Kayla Mahoney — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:00:55 +0000

You know that one dude at works who always claims his IQ test says he should be in MENSA? Well, you have a French psychologist named Alfred Binet to thank for developing this test.

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Cleopatra: How One Woman Nearly Destroyed Two Civilizations

Kayla Mahoney — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:00:28 +0000

Cleopatra wasn’t just some incredibly beautiful woman hellbent on having affairs with Roman rulers. She was closer to Cersei Lannister: a ruthless military and political leader that Rome was absolutely terrified of.

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The Failure of Charles Messier

Kayla Mahoney — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:00:03 +0000

French astronomer Charles Messier spent his whole life trying to find comets. In the end, he didn’t find one. He found thirteen.

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Pay to Play: A Brief History of Coin-Op Machines

Kayla Mahoney — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:00:07 +0000

We know them, we play them, we spend way to much time and money staring at them, but how did these coin-operated machines we love so much come to be?

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The Real Story of Big Alma Spreckels

Kayla Mahoney — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:24:35 +0000

Big Alma Spreckels was a big woman with an even bigger story. But who was this larger than life lady who graced the golden gated city by the bay?

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