In a message dated 95-11-29 10:55:34 EST, [log in to unmask] (Henry B.
Crawford) writes:

>Discussions on odd collections launched me into a vectored train of
>thought.   Macaulay's _Motel of the Mysteries_ is a few years old, but
>still a highly entertaining read. Although not really an oddity, per se,
>but a humorous look at how we curators can sometimes guess wrong and
>unwittingly place objects completely out of context.  I'd recommend it for
>any museum library.  Sometimes it's good to laugh at ourselves.  It keeps
>us humble and sane.
>
>

Henry, I was just thinking about that book! Motel of the Mysteries is for the
museum world what Body Rituals of the Nacerima is for anthropologists. :?)

- Adrienne