Not to mention "The Pink Palace" in Memphis
On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Christine
Mouw wrote:
> I received my copy of August's "Spy" magazine today (with a "lovely"
> picture of a naked Martha Stewart on the cover--hoo!) and I found
> something I just had to pass on to the list!
>
> They have a little section on page 14 called "Naked City" and the
> title of one of the blurbs is "Patron of the Tarts, American Museums
> that Sound like Whorehouses." They are:
>
> Angel Mounds, Evansville, IN
> Donkey Milk House, Key West, FL
> Duvall Tool Museum, Croom, MD
> Gropius House, Lincoln, MA
> Hands On House, Lancaster, PA
> House of a Thousand Dolls, Loma, MT
> Lace House, Black Hawk, CO
> The Little Brick House, Vandalia, IL
> The London Brass Rubbing Center, Gaithersburg, MD
> My Jewish Discovery Place, Los Angeles, CA
> Queen Emma Summer Palace, Honolulu, HI
>
> The list was compiled by David Potorti for Spy.
>
> Well, if there's anyone on the list from these museums, look at it as
> free advertising. Perhaps you'll get a entirely new group of visitors
> out of it!
>
> Chris.
>
> Christine Mouw
> Assistant Curator
> Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum
> West Branch, IA 52358
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