>Unfortunately...no. When we redesigned The Barnum Museum in the late '80s,
>we would have given plenty for the Fejee Mermaid; but it had been gone for
>more than a century. (However, reports that it is indeed in Bridgeport may
>offer some clue as to how fakes, forgeries, and rumors get their "legs.")
About 15 years ago, when touring the collections storage area of the
Peabody Museum at Harvard University, I saw a construct that the curator
said was Barnum's Fejee Mermaid. If you are trying to locate it, you might
want to try there.
Susan Wageman
Grants and Research Manager [log in to unmask]
The Tech Museum of Innovation (408) 279-7178
145 West San Carlos Street fax (408) 279-7149
San Jose, CA 95113 USA http://www.thetech.org