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