| Museum Pieces: The Forgotten History, Science, and Mystery Behind Some of the Most Interesting Museum Exhibits and Historical Places Contributor(s): Flank, Lenny, Jr. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1610010663 ISBN-13: 9781610010665 Publisher: Red and Black Publishers OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9" (0.66 lbs) 200 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The story behind some of the most interesting exhibits in the most museums of the world, from the Smithsonian, the London Natural History Museum, the Chicago Field Museum, Oslo's Viking Ship Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, and others. Includes: "Sue," the most complete T rex skeleton ever found; how a little piece of Mars ended up on exhibit in Chicago; Ohka, the only airplane deliberately designed to kill its pilot; Drakkar, the Viking longship; the Hope Diamond and its curse; Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space; the Liberty Bell's trip from Philadelphia to Allentown, and others. Photos. |