The secret museum

Book 2013

"A unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world, curated, brought to light and to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection"--Provided by publisher.

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Curiosities and wonders

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ISBN:

9781770852570
1770852573

Description:

351 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm

Notes:

"Some treasures are too precious to display"--Cover
Includes index
Originally published: London : Collins, 2013

Contents:

A Gutenberg Bible on vellum
Harrison Schimtt's space suit
Three pieces of mars
A piece of Newton's apple tree
The first cultivated pearls
Lamourouxia viscosa seed from Mexico
Things beneath floorboards
A bejewelled cross
A Haida shaman's rattle
Francis Crick's sketch of DNA
Tablet K.143, school of exercise book of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria
Vladimir Nabokov's butterfly genitalia cabinet
Charles Dickens's feline letter opener
The heart token
Item RDMSC RD 1/1/1
Auguste Piccard's balloon gondola
Jason Junior
Underwater painting by Zarh Pritchard
Anglerfish couple
The first giraffe in France
A great auk egg
A glass jellyfish
The interior of Vasa
Flag from the Battle of Trafalgar
A blue whale
Logbook of the Kon-Tiki expedition
Wally Herbert's sledge
Song 21
Exu boca de fogo
Livingstone and Stanley's hats
Hawai'ian feather helmet

Control Number:

966750

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