Eww!  We recently removed mummified parts (a hand, and a leg) in our
Egyptian Gallery in part because of the smell.  The child-size body parts
drew a variety of reactions from children, including tears.

Becky Fitzgerald
Registrar
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art

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> The other is at the Witte Museum in Austin, where you can smell the
> mummies
> hand.  Those of involved in the museum seminar were driven to great
> discussions on this one.
>
> I am very glad you and your colleagues enjoyed our exhibit Mummies!
> Unwrapping the Past, however, the Witte Museum is actually located in San
> Antonio, not Austin.
>
> The curatorial offices are located right next to the Mummy exhibit and all
> day long I hear the delighted shouts of children (and a few adults) "Yuck,
> smell that hand!"  Ironically, the hand lost its smell a long time ago.
> Funny the way everyone convinces each other how stinky it is.
>
> In addition, the Witte currently has the first gallery of a multi-gallery
> exhibit open titled Stories From the Attic: Treasures from San Antonio's
> History.  This exhibit highlights rare, unusual, and often unseen parts of
> our collection, and includes the interesting stories behind some of our
> collection pieces.  We have two more galleries to go, and believe me, lots
> of interesting things to display (the museum was founded in1926!).
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> Witte Museum
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