Offbeat Museums : The Collections and Curators of America's Most Unusual Museums
by
Saul Rubin
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0963994646
ISBN-13
9780963994646
Publisher
Santa Monica Press
Imprint
Santa Monica Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 13th, 1997
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
689 grams
Product Classification:
HumourMuseum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
Ksh 2,900.00
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A guided tour of the United States strangest institutions and the offbeat people who run them. The book includes "The Cockroach Hall of Fame", "The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices", "UFO Enigma Museum", and "The Nut Museum", amongst others.
Offbeat Museums contains profiles of the curators and collections of America''s most unusual museums. From the Banana Museum in California to the Tragedy in U.S. History Museum in Florida, Saul Rubin takes you on a guided tour of the United States'' strangest institutions, and introduces you to the offbeat people who run them.
Included among the places you will visit are:
Cockroach Hall of Fame
The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
Mister Ed''s Elephant Museum
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
The Mütter Museum
Houdini Historical Center
UFO Enigma Museum
The Museum of Menstruation
Nut Museum
50 museums in all!
In the age of cable television and the World Wide Web it''s easy to smugly believe that we''ve seen it all. Such institutions as the Museum of Death, the Museum of Bathroom Tissue, and the Glore Psychiatric Museum suggest otherwise. By stepping outside the mainstream, these offbeat museums meet and even surpass the promise of more traditional museums: To amaze, inspire and enlighten the public.
So turn off the TV, log off the Net, and let Offbeat Museums take you on a journey of unexpected wonder and discovery!
Included among the places you will visit are:
Cockroach Hall of Fame
The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
Mister Ed''s Elephant Museum
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
The Mütter Museum
Houdini Historical Center
UFO Enigma Museum
The Museum of Menstruation
Nut Museum
50 museums in all!
In the age of cable television and the World Wide Web it''s easy to smugly believe that we''ve seen it all. Such institutions as the Museum of Death, the Museum of Bathroom Tissue, and the Glore Psychiatric Museum suggest otherwise. By stepping outside the mainstream, these offbeat museums meet and even surpass the promise of more traditional museums: To amaze, inspire and enlighten the public.
So turn off the TV, log off the Net, and let Offbeat Museums take you on a journey of unexpected wonder and discovery!
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