The other is at the Witte Museum in Austin, where you can smell the mummies
hand.  Those of involved in the museum seminar were driven to great
discussions on this one.

I am very glad you and your colleagues enjoyed our exhibit Mummies!
Unwrapping the Past, however, the Witte Museum is actually located in San
Antonio, not Austin.

The curatorial offices are located right next to the Mummy exhibit and all
day long I hear the delighted shouts of children (and a few adults) "Yuck,
smell that hand!"  Ironically, the hand lost its smell a long time ago.
Funny the way everyone convinces each other how stinky it is.

In addition, the Witte currently has the first gallery of a multi-gallery
exhibit open titled Stories From the Attic: Treasures from San Antonio's
History.  This exhibit highlights rare, unusual, and often unseen parts of
our collection, and includes the interesting stories behind some of our
collection pieces.  We have two more galleries to go, and believe me, lots
of interesting things to display (the museum was founded in1926!).
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Deborah Shipman
Curatorial Assistant
Witte Museum
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