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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
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> 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:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I thank you in advance, TIM
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> TImothy K. Winkle
> Department of Popular Culture
> Bowling Green State University
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