National Museum of American Illustration photo by Mike G at tripadvisor.com
No answer was forthcoming but very soon we noticed a man peeking over the wall at us. "Hello! Are you trying to get in the museum?" ... Great comment by Hypatia about the National Museum of American Illustration on the post about Newport Art Museum's mass resignations and layoffs.
image via mercermuseum.org
"My absolute favorite genre of museum/attraction is 'eccentric rich person’s oddly sorted collection of items related to their special interest(s).'" ActionPopulated asks where to scratch this itch.
image via AromaPrime
paduasoy posts an article from Current Archaeology about Aroma Prime, a company creating historical scents, including the smells of dinosaurs, dodos, mummification, candlemakers, ether, vintage sweets and the Wicker Man.
"I Dream - Ice Cream" [front] by Boston Public Library (cc by)
Who's the model on this sewing pattern?
Do you remember a poster with a towering stack of ice cream scoops from the 1980s?
What were the white long-handled wands used for museum audio tours in the 1980s?
Did you have one of those tape recordings of a barking dog that you could play for home security?
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