Lost in the museum : buried treasures and the stories they tell / Nancy Moses.

Title: 
Lost in the museum : buried treasures and the stories they tell / Nancy Moses.

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Author/Artist: 
Moses, Nancy, 1948-
Publisher: 
Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2008.
Description: 
ix, 167 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Museums Collection management.
Museums Collection management United States.
Museums United States.
Museums Pennsylvania Philadelphia Region.
Bib ID: 
120371
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
AM133.M67 2008z
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Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index.
Glass pessaries: p. 60, 63; Blaschka sea creatures: p. 23-38.
Contents: 
John James Audubon's birds, Academy of Natural Sciences --
Blaschka sea animals, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh --
Franklin B. Gowen's bowl, Historical Society of Pennsylvania --
Pessaries, Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia --
Skull of a prehistoric Peruvian child, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History --
Ker-Feal, Barnes Foundation --
Plan for the dome of the United States Capitol, Athenaeum of Philadelphia --
John Brown's pike, Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia --
Summer garments of a Tibetan princess, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
ISBN: 
9780759110694 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759110697 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759110700 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759110700 (pbk. : alk. paper)