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Zusatztext "'Mustard is like a canvas, allowing the creation of great works of culinary art.' Barry Levenson in the Mustard Museum's catalogue 'Pets and Presidents. Presidents and Pets. Discover the Connection.' The Presidential Pets Museum" Informationen zum Autor Michelle Lovric writes, researches, translates and designs anthologies and gift books. Her Love Letters - An Anthology of Passion was a New York Times bestseller. She has published three historical novels, one of which, The Remedy, was long-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Klappentext Museums may have a reputation for being boring, dusty and outdated but Michelle Lovric's new books crushes that stereotype and shows the fascinating, fun and sometimes frightening collections that are housed in the museums of today. There are museums devoted to Jell-O, liars, peanuts and the Dakota Dinosaur. From the Salem Witch Museum to Marvin's Marvellous Mechanical Museum, via the House of Terror, take a tour of the worlds most unusual collections. Zusammenfassung All over the world and throughout the ages people have accumulated the extraordinary objects of their affection. Some of these collections are museums. This work presents a pilgrimage to some of the world's oddest and interesting, which include museums of asparagus, lawnmowers, ships in bottles, the pets of American presidents, and burnt food.
