Code: 04761994
Mermaids, Mummies and Mastodons
by William T. Alderson
A "Feejee mermaid," the skeletal remains of a "wooly mammoth," and a "cabinet of learned turkies which will dance to music," were attractions at Baltimore's Peale Museum in the early 1800s. As the nation's first museum directors, ... more
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English - Binding: Hardback
- Number of pages: 104
Publisher: American Association of Museums, 2008
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A "Feejee mermaid," the skeletal remains of a "wooly mammoth," and a "cabinet of learned turkies which will dance to music," were attractions at Baltimore's Peale Museum in the early 1800s. As the nation's first museum directors, Charles Wilson Peale, and his sons Rembrandt and Rubens, laid the foundation of the modern American museum.
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- Full title: Mermaids, Mummies and Mastodons
- Subtitle: The Emergence of the American Museum
- Author: William T. Alderson
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardback
- Number of pages: 104
- EAN: 9780931201158
- ID: 04761994
- Publisher: American Association of Museums
- Weight: 408 g
- Dimensions: 292 × 216 × 6 mm
- Date of publishing: 18. April 2008
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