It may be the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT...
Bernard Barryte
Stanford University Museum of Art



Is it the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown that has the Cardiff Giant?
>-----Original Message-----
>From: K. Stahr <[log in to unmask]>
>Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 23 February 1998 12:23
>Subject: Re: Hoaxes and museums
>
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>>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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Bernard Barryte
Associate Director / Chief Curator
Stanford University Museum of Art
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