Is it the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown that has the Cardiff Giant?
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From: K. Stahr <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 23 February 1998 12:23
Subject: Re: Hoaxes and museums


>P.T. Barnum's FeeJee Mermaid would be perfect for both an historical as
>well as current example.  As far as I understand it's still on view in the
>Barnum Museum in CT.
>
>Karen Stahr Kim
>Arts Administration
>Teachers College/Columbia University
>
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>> From: Timothy K Winkle <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Hoaxes and museums
>> Date: Saturday, February 21, 1998 12:16 PM
>>
>> 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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