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 1200 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605 V: (312) 692-3136 F: (312) 939-8001 e: [log in to unmask] Willow: Where were you? Buffy: Uh, I was looking at the fishes. Willow: Was it cool? Buffy: It was fishes.