Two more thoughts:

The Field Museum of Natural History, in their "Inside Ancient Egypt"
exhibit, has a display case of forgeries and "reworked" authentic pieces
which had entered the collection over the years.

The Milwaukee Public Museum had, from mid-1996 to mid-1997, a small
exhibit on Money, put together by a museum studies class at the
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.  It contained a Feejee mermaid,
though I don't know if it was the original.  (A friend of mine, and
frequent lurker on this list, Beth Gabryszak, was involved in that
installation.)

Eugene Dillenburg
Lead Developer, Philippines Coral Reef exhibit
John G. Shedd Aquarium
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Chicago, Illinois  60605

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Willow: Where were you?
Buffy: Uh, I was looking at the fishes.
Willow: Was it cool?
Buffy: It was fishes.