Haunting Museums - Couverture souple

Schuster, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0765322927 ISBN 13 : 9780765322920

Editeur : Forge, 2009

Synopsis

The spectacularly successful movie "A Night at the Museum" was a fantastic look at the off-hours wonders of the American Museum of Natural History. With a sequel scheduled for May 2009, it is obvious that there will be a great deal of interest in museums and what goes on behind the scenes. Some of the real stories are even more fantastic than anything a screenwriter could dream up. "Haunting Museums" covers these overlooked bits of history, including curses, mistaken dinosaurs, conspiracy plots of the Founding Fathers, spectral evidence of the afterlife, and other unsettling matters: "The Carnegie Sauropods", or "Bring Me the Head of Apatosaurus Louisae" - the story of a dinosaur on display for close to half a century with the wrong head; "What's on that Broad Stripe with Those Bright Stars?" - the quizzical mark on the flag that is known as the Star Spangled Banner; the 1897 Living Eskimo Exhibit - in which living people were put on display and turned over to the taxidermist for 'preservation' after they died; "Man-Eaters at the Museum: the Lions that Stopped a Railroad" - the story of the maneless lions made legendary by the movie "The Ghost in the Darkness". So Where is Amelia Earhart? - the exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum of the most famous missing aviatrix of all time.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Every museum worth visiting is measured by its collections, because each of those specimens, objects, and artifacts has stories to tell. The best stories instruct, inform, and inspire us, and "Haunting Museums" brings together two dozen of the more remarkable ones. They show wonder and mystery running amuck in 'the place of Muses.'"--B. D. Patterson, MacArthur Curator of Mammals, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History

"John Schuster's collection of weird, wonderful, and true stories from museums all over the world is a must-read for anyone who (like me) is enraptured by the fascinating byways of history." --Michael Dobson, co-author of "MacArthur's War "and former staff member, Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forge
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0765322927
• ISBN 13: 9780765322920
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible