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America's oddest museums / by M.H. Seeley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Weird America!Publisher: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781482457612
  • 148245761X
  • 9781482457599
  • 1482457598
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The Met and more -- Not for sale anywhere -- Bigfoots and monsters -- Museum of Death -- The banana museum -- Abita Mystery House -- O'Fallon Historical Museum -- The sardine museum -- How much Spam? a lot! -- Broken hearts on display -- Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum -- Museum of the Weird -- The dummy graveyard.
Summary: Museums are fun places to learn about things from the past. History museums and art museums are familiar, but what about something a bit weirder? Who would visit a museum all about death? Or what about the food Spam? Readers take a walk on the weird side of displays and dioramas full of wacky things like failed consumer products, creepy old pharmacies, and more in this wild book sure to bring everyone from reluctant readers to avid museum-goers to the edge of their seats. Detailed Table of Contents, Full-Color Photographs, Further Information Section, Glossary, Graphic Organizers, Index, Sidebars.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 069.0973 S452 Available 33111008680759
Total holds: 0

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Museums are fun places to learn about things from the past. History museums and art museums are familiar, but what about something a bit weirder? Who would visit a museum all about death? Or what about the food Spam? Readers take a walk on the weird side of displays and dioramas full of wacky things like failed consumer products, creepy old pharmacies, and more in this wild book sure to bring everyone from reluctant readers to avid museum-goers--to the edge of their seats.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

The Met and more -- Not for sale anywhere -- Bigfoots and monsters -- Museum of Death -- The banana museum -- Abita Mystery House -- O'Fallon Historical Museum -- The sardine museum -- How much Spam? a lot! -- Broken hearts on display -- Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum -- Museum of the Weird -- The dummy graveyard.

Museums are fun places to learn about things from the past. History museums and art museums are familiar, but what about something a bit weirder? Who would visit a museum all about death? Or what about the food Spam? Readers take a walk on the weird side of displays and dioramas full of wacky things like failed consumer products, creepy old pharmacies, and more in this wild book sure to bring everyone from reluctant readers to avid museum-goers to the edge of their seats. Detailed Table of Contents, Full-Color Photographs, Further Information Section, Glossary, Graphic Organizers, Index, Sidebars.

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