I like the Bird Hall at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles; they have
this weight machine that tells you how much your bones weigh as opposed to
your total weight; this way you can compare what a bird's bones weigh
against your human bones.  I always make my husband stand on it when we
visit (after I've taken a turn, of course).

O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075, ext. 224; Fax (714) 528-0544
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Subject: Most Unforgetable Exhibit


> I would like to pose a question to the group. What is your most unusual
> acquisition? What is the one thing the kids go home and talk about at
> supper? The exhibit that people thirty years later remember? Examples
> from my experience include "The Amputated Leg of General Sickles" at the
> old Army Medical Museum, or the "supposed" 19th Century witch in a lead
> sealed bottle mentioned last autumn on this list. The bizarre, the
> outre, the acquisition with a folk legend attached (Hope Diamond). Tell
> the list! The item need not be on exhibit. Things from the basement like
> Yale's collection of pickled brains. Same goes for works of art! Any
> good stories accompanying them. Likewise strange curatorial experiences.
>
> David Gerrick - Information Services
> Dayton Lab
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