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Fri, 27 Feb 1998 11:16:03 -0800
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Re: Ripley's (believe it are not)
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STUD David Andrews mused:
>         Whatever happened to the "Ripley's" entrepreneurial chain?  Surely
> has some thesis value in the history of museums as entertainment.
> Theories or nostalgia, baby-boomers?
>         --David Andrews, Duquesne University

There is still a Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum on the Oregon coast
at Newport.  I haven't been in, but I just checked the yellow pages, and
its still listed.  Believe it or not.

James H Tichgelaar
Registrar, Arkansas State University Museum

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