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[http://dc.about.com/od/smithsonianmuseums/p/AnacostiaMuseum.htm The '''Anacostia Museum''' focuses on the families and neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. and the history and culture of African Americans nationwide.] | [http://dc.about.com/od/smithsonianmuseums/p/AnacostiaMuseum.htm The '''Anacostia Museum''' focuses on the families and neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. and the history and culture of African Americans nationwide.] | ||
| − | [http://www.barnum-museum.org/ The '''Barnum Museum of Natural History''' in Bridgeport, Connecticut:Mother Nature's world - P.T. Barnum-style!.] | + | [http://www.barnum-museum.org/ The '''Barnum Museum of Natural History''' in Bridgeport, Connecticut: Mother Nature's world - P.T. Barnum-style!.] |
[http://ucmmuseum.com/ The '''UCM Museum''' in Abbita Springs, Louisiana, offers you an unforgettable time viewing dioramas of "Aliens Landing at Mardi Gras!"] | [http://ucmmuseum.com/ The '''UCM Museum''' in Abbita Springs, Louisiana, offers you an unforgettable time viewing dioramas of "Aliens Landing at Mardi Gras!"] | ||
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[http://www.cityreliquary.org/ The '''City Reliquary''' in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is one of our favorite ''Civic Organizations,'' with a new-old perspective on New York City.] | [http://www.cityreliquary.org/ The '''City Reliquary''' in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is one of our favorite ''Civic Organizations,'' with a new-old perspective on New York City.] | ||
| − | [http://www.coneyisland.com/museum.shtml The '''Coney Island Museum''' is the only museum in the world dedicated to interpreting and preserving the history of '''Coney Island | + | [http://www.coneyisland.com/museum.shtml The '''Coney Island Museum''' is the only museum in the world dedicated to interpreting and preserving the history of '''Coney Island'''.] |
[http://www.creationmuseum.org/ The '''Creation Museum''' in Cincinnati is a Biblical science museum—O My!.] | [http://www.creationmuseum.org/ The '''Creation Museum''' in Cincinnati is a Biblical science museum—O My!.] | ||
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== Natural Historical Collections == | == Natural Historical Collections == | ||
| − | [http://www.bluenilebotanicals.com/ | + | [http://www.bluenilebotanicals.com/ '''Blue Nile Botanicals''' offers the freshest natural products, AND a parallel universe of natural history.] |
| − | [http://www.hartland.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B389E026F-C3E7-4EE7-B792-8DDE5B4097F4%7D ''' | + | [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.phallus.is/ ''' | + | [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/ ''' | + | [http://pem.org/museum/ The '''Peabody Essex Museum''' in Salem Massachusetts houses ''wonders!''] |
== Local Interest; our Colleagues for a Great Local Road Trip == | == Local Interest; our Colleagues for a Great Local Road Trip == | ||
| − | [http://www.americanprecision.org/ ''' | + | [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 | + | [http://www.avagallery.org/ '''AVA Gallery''', our friends and neighbors in Lebanon, New Hampshire.] |
[http://www.calvin-coolidge.org/ '''Calvin Coolidge''' was born in nearby Plymouth, Vermont. You can see his grave. And buy cheese!] | [http://www.calvin-coolidge.org/ '''Calvin Coolidge''' was born in nearby Plymouth, Vermont. You can see his grave. And buy cheese!] | ||
Revision as of 16:28, 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 Historical Collections
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Massachusetts houses wonders!
Local Interest; our Colleagues for a Great Local Road Trip
AVA Gallery, our friends and neighbors in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Calvin Coolidge was born in nearby Plymouth, Vermont. You can see his grave. And buy cheese!
Our neighbors present living history at Fort at Number Four in Charlestown, New Hampshire.
the Hood Museum at nearby Dartmouth College has a mermaid!
The Rockingham (Vermont) Arts and Museum Project.
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.
The National Park Service and the battlefield at Vicksburg.
See all the cannonballs those d--n Yankees fired at Vicksburg at the Old Courthouse Museum
The Bigger Picture
http://www.splcenter.org/index.jsp
Virtual Places We Like
Let's hear it for the fabulous Johnny Fox!
There is a virtual P. T. Barnum's American Musuem online at the "Lost Museum"
A great bunch of magazines; A great web-site!
Weird America seems as enamored of the Museum as we are of Joe Citro!
