Also at the Henry Ford Museum is "Thomas Edison's last breath."  It may
or may not be a hoax, but given what it is, it probably doesn't matter.

btw, HFM&GV stopped claiming the Brewster Chair was authentic long ago.
In fact we have gotten lots of mileage out of the artifact as a "famous
forgery", most recently on an A&E television show on forgeries.

Jim McCabe
Manager, Collections Care
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Emlen [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 1998 3:49 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Hoaxes and museums
>
> Don't miss the "Brewster" chair made in Rhode Island ca. 1969 and
> purchased
> (and published) by the Henry Ford Museum as an authentic
> seventeenth-century artifact
>
> -----
> Robert P. Emlen
> University Curator and Senior Lecturer in American Civilization
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