A.M. Brookings who founded the "House of Yesteryear" museum in Hastings, Nebraska is buried in the floor of that museum.  The inscription on his grave reads "If you seek my monument, look around you."
     DCRoper

Deb Fuller wrote:

> In a message dated Mon, 27 Mar 2000  6:20:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, "P. van Mensch" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
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> > I am very interested to learn about other examples of museologists
> > (founders, directors, curators) buried in "their own" museum!
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any information.
>
> James Smithson's crypt is in the Castle of the Smithsonian right as you come in the door. He bequeathed his fortune to the US government to create an "institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."  This institution became The Smithsonian.
>
> Deb
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