Great sense of humor it seems!
Yes, you'd think so, wouldn't you, K-H.
In fact a tale of intrigue involving students, a gorilla, breaking and entering, theft of a dead body, and some stuffing!
Before 1956 this stairway led to a door which connected this building (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery) to the building next door (part of the University of Bristol).
A long time resident of the museum was Albert the gorilla who had previously lived at Bristol zoo until his death in 1948, whereupon he had been attended to by a taxidermist and brought to the museum.
In 1956 some university students had used the door at the top of the stairs to break in to the museum to steal Albert. He was missing for several days but was eventually left in a doctors waiting room.
He was returned to the museum where he has been ever since.
The door was removed and the wall was bricked up to prevent any further student pranks.
The identity of the students was only divulged in 2010, and the stairs are exhibit No. 1905 in the Bristol Museum, labelled "Stairs to Nowhere" and described as "concrete with metal and wood railing".