TITLE:
The museum book : a guide to strange and wonderful collections / written by Jan Mark ; illustrated by Richard Holland.
Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Candlewick Press,
Physical Description:
51 p. : col. ill.
Additional Contributors:
Summary:
What is a museum? Why would anyone amass shells, words, clocks, teeth, trains, dinosaurs, mummies . . . or two-headed sheep? Find out where the word "museum" comes from and what unusual items (unicorn horns? mermaids?) some early museums placed on view.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780763633707
