For this subject, I think an important museum to study is the Museum of
Jurassic Technology in Culver City (near Los Angeles), California.  The
museum is also described in Lawrence Weschler's "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of
Wonder" (1995).



Timothy K Winkle wrote:

> I am a graduate student in the Department of Popular Culture at
> Bowling
> Green State University.  I am currently working on a project involving
>
> museum hoaxes (intentional or unrecognized) and the continued display
> of
> hoax objects in museums.  I am interested in input from any and
> everyone
> on this topic, secifically:
>
> 1. Historical or current hoaxes in which museums have played a
> significant
> tole in their perpetration or dissemination.  For example, the
> Piltdown
> Man hoax (possibly) perpetrated by curators of the British Museum.
>
> 2. Hoax objects that are displayed today as museum pieces.  For
> example,
> the Cardiff Giant at the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown.
>
> Particularly welcome would be any comments or information from museum
> workers at such sites.  I would very much like to know how such
> objects
> are labeled and interpretted, and how their status as frauds are
> incorporated into the museum's overall purpose.
>
> I thank you in advance, TIM
>
> TImothy K. Winkle
> Department of Popular Culture
> Bowling Green State University
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