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== Natural History Collections == | == Natural History Collections == | ||
| − | [http://www.bluenilebotanicals.com/ '''Blue Nile Botanicals''' offers the freshest natural products, AND a parallel universe of natural history. After shopping at Blue Nile, you can tour | + | [http://www.bluenilebotanicals.com/ '''Blue Nile Botanicals''' offers the freshest natural products, AND a parallel universe of natural history. After shopping at Blue Nile, you can tour Howard University and Washington, D.C.'s historic Shaw neighborhood.] |
[http://www.hartland.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B389E026F-C3E7-4EE7-B792-8DDE5B4097F4%7D The '''Hartland Nature Club''' and their exhibition room of specimens are housed in Damon Hall in nearby Hartland, Vermont.] | [http://www.hartland.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B389E026F-C3E7-4EE7-B792-8DDE5B4097F4%7D The '''Hartland Nature Club''' and their exhibition room of specimens are housed in Damon Hall in nearby Hartland, Vermont.] | ||
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[http://www.phallus.is/ The '''Icelandic Phallological Museum''' may be the world's only museum showcasing the phalli of all the mammals found in a single country. What could be better than that?] | [http://www.phallus.is/ The '''Icelandic Phallological Museum''' may be the world's only museum showcasing the phalli of all the mammals found in a single country. What could be better than that?] | ||
| − | [http://pem.org/museum/ The '''Peabody Essex Museum''' in Salem Massachusetts houses ''wonders!''] | + | [http://pem.org/museum/ The '''Peabody Essex Museum''' in Salem, Massachusetts houses ''wonders!''] |
| − | == Local Interest: Our | + | == Local Interest: Our Colleagues for a Great Local Road Trip == |
[http://www.americanprecision.org/ The '''American Precision Museum''' in nearby Windsor, Vermont is both a world renowned repository for machine tools, and a record of the Upper Valley's long history on technology's cutting edge.] | [http://www.americanprecision.org/ The '''American Precision Museum''' in nearby Windsor, Vermont is both a world renowned repository for machine tools, and a record of the Upper Valley's long history on technology's cutting edge.] | ||
| − | [http://www.avagallery.org/ '''AVA Gallery''', our friends and neighbors in Lebanon, New Hampshire.] | + | [http://www.avagallery.org/ '''AVA Gallery and Art Center''', our friends and neighbors in Lebanon, New Hampshire.] |
[http://www.calvin-coolidge.org/ The '''Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation''' celebrates and studies America's 30th president, who was born in nearby Plymouth, Vermont. You can see his boyhood home and his grave. And buy cheese!] | [http://www.calvin-coolidge.org/ The '''Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation''' celebrates and studies America's 30th president, who was born in nearby Plymouth, Vermont. You can see his boyhood home and his grave. And buy cheese!] | ||
| − | [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/rauner/manuscripts/ The '''Dartmouth Special Collections''', where our friends curate valuable collections of '''human hair''' and, of course, '''Daniel Webster's socks | + | [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/rauner/manuscripts/ The '''Dartmouth Special Collections''', where our friends curate valuable collections of '''human hair''' and, of course, '''Daniel Webster's socks'''!] |
| − | [http://www.hartfordhistory.org/ | + | [http://www.hartfordhistory.org/ The '''Hartford Historical Society''''s official website. *White River Junction is a village within the town of Hartford, Vermont.] |
| − | [http://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/ The '''Fairbanks Museum''' in St. Johnsbury, Vermont is located just one hour north of the Main Street Museum | + | [http://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/ The '''Fairbanks Museum''' in St. Johnsbury, Vermont is located just one hour north of the Main Street Museum -- an hour well spent to reach this fascinating and stately institution.] |
| − | [http://www.uvm.edu/~fleming/ The '''Robert Hull Fleming Museum''' in Burlington, Vermont has art and | + | [http://www.uvm.edu/~fleming/ The '''Robert Hull Fleming Museum''' in Burlington, Vermont has art and ''Vermontiana'' galore! The Main Street Museum has co-curated shows of artifacts there, too.] |
| − | [http://www.fortat4.org/ | + | [http://www.fortat4.org/ At the '''Fort at Number Four''' in Charlestown, New Hampshire, our neighbors present living history of the Colonial period.] |
| − | [http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/ The '''Hood Museum''' at nearby Dartmouth College has a '''mermaid | + | [http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/ The '''Hood Museum''' at nearby Dartmouth College has a '''mermaid'''!] |
| − | [http://www.ramp-vt.org/ At the '''Rockingham (Vermont) Arts and Museum Project''', they're excited about art! And downtown revitalization! And trains!] | + | [http://www.ramp-vt.org/ At the '''Rockingham (Vermont) Arts and Museum Project''', they're excited about art! And downtown revitalization! And trains! Just like we are!] |
| − | [http://vermonthistory.org/ | + | [http://vermonthistory.org/ Check out the '''Vermont Historical Society'''. Their '''Pavilion Building in Montpelier''' is home to the stuffed catamount. And don't forget '''The Vermont History Center''' in Barre, Vermont.] |
== Relics from the War Between the States == | == Relics from the War Between the States == | ||
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[http://www.oldcourthouse.org/ At the '''Old Courthouse Museum''' you can see all the cannonballs those d--n Yankees fired at Vicksburg!] | [http://www.oldcourthouse.org/ At the '''Old Courthouse Museum''' you can see all the cannonballs those d--n Yankees fired at Vicksburg!] | ||
| − | [http://www4.vmi.edu/museum/ And at the '''Museum of the Virginia Military Institute", back in Lexington, Virginia and across the street from Traveller, | + | [http://www4.vmi.edu/museum/ And at the '''Museum of the Virginia Military Institute", back in Lexington, Virginia and across the street from Traveller, Little Sorrel, the horse of Stonewall Jackson, is on display.] |
== The Bigger Picture == | == The Bigger Picture == | ||
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[http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/ The '''National Civil Rights Museum''' is in the former Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and pays tribute to the struggle for civil rights. It also has a really sweet vintage '''Cadillac''' parked out front!] | [http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/ The '''National Civil Rights Museum''' is in the former Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, and pays tribute to the struggle for civil rights. It also has a really sweet vintage '''Cadillac''' parked out front!] | ||
| − | [http://www.splcenter.org/index.jsp The '''Southern Poverty Law Center''' keeps the spotlight on today's concerns.] | + | [http://www.splcenter.org/index.jsp The '''Southern Poverty Law Center''' keeps the spotlight on many of today's concerns.] |
| − | == Virtual Places We Like== | + | == Virtual Places We Like == |
[http://www.dimemuseum.com/ The wondrous '''Dime Museum''', formerly of Baltimore, is sadly no longer in one physical location. But at their excellent '''web site''' you can learn all about this homage to the Age of Barnum.] | [http://www.dimemuseum.com/ The wondrous '''Dime Museum''', formerly of Baltimore, is sadly no longer in one physical location. But at their excellent '''web site''' you can learn all about this homage to the Age of Barnum.] | ||
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[http://www.lostmuseum.cuny.edu/home.html The '''Lost Museum''' is home to a '''virtual P. T. Barnum's American Museum'''-- on-line!] | [http://www.lostmuseum.cuny.edu/home.html The '''Lost Museum''' is home to a '''virtual P. T. Barnum's American Museum'''-- on-line!] | ||
| − | [http://www.roguetaxidermy.com/index.php The '''Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermy''' has a | + | [http://www.roguetaxidermy.com/index.php The '''Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermy''' has a web site. They also give tours of garbage dumpsters in Manhattan's Chinatown, in search of rare specimens.] |
| − | [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/ '''Roadside America | + | [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/ '''Roadside America''': Two words that say it all.] |
| − | [http://www.shockedandamazed.com/ | + | [http://www.shockedandamazed.com/ You will be '''Shocked and Amazed''' at '''shockedandamazed.com''', and you'll find "A great bunch of magazines" and "A great web site!"] |
| − | [http://www.weirdamerica.com/ '''Weird America''' seems to be as enamored of the Main Street Museum as | + | [http://www.weirdamerica.com/ '''Weird America''' seems to be as enamored of the Main Street Museum as we are of '''Joe Citro'''!] |
Revision as of 19:49, 2 August 2008
A selection of our colleagues demonstrate a fascination with us looking at objects, and with objects looking at us, which is why we list them (below):
Contents
Road Trip Material; Real Places We Like
Museumology; Other Museums and Museums-about-Museums
The Creation Museum in Cincinnati is a Biblical science museum—O My!.
The Palace of Wonders in Washington, D. C. Where will you ever see another one like it?
Natural History Collections
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts houses wonders!
Local Interest: Our Colleagues for a Great Local Road Trip
AVA Gallery and Art Center, our friends and neighbors in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
The Hood Museum at nearby Dartmouth College has a mermaid!
Relics from the War Between the States
Confederate Memorial Hall in New Orleans has Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard's slippers on display!
The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia, is well worth a visit.
At the Old Courthouse Museum you can see all the cannonballs those d--n Yankees fired at Vicksburg!
The Bigger Picture
The Southern Poverty Law Center keeps the spotlight on many of today's concerns.
Virtual Places We Like
Look! It's the FREAKATORIUM! Let's hear it for the fabulous Johnny Fox!
The Lost Museum is home to a virtual P. T. Barnum's American Museum-- on-line!
Roadside America: Two words that say it all.
Weird America seems to be as enamored of the Main Street Museum as we are of Joe Citro!
