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The museum of whales you will never see, and other excursions to Iceland's most unusual museums, A. Kendra Greene

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The museum of whales you will never see

A. Kendra Greene

and other excursions to Iceland's most unusual museums

"The author offers a portrait of Iceland through this series of essays about its most unusual museums. She shows the reader how a seemingly random assortment of objects can map a people's past and future, their fears and obsessions, their dreams and visions."--, Provided by publisher

Cabinet A: the museum of something mumbled -- Gallery 1: anatomy of a museum, Icelandic phallological museum -- Cabinet B: the museum of the story I heard -- Gallery 2: the stone collector, Petra's stone collection -- Cabinet C: the museum of what is real -- Gallery 3: vagrants and uncommon visitors, Sigurgeir's bird museum -- Cabinet D: the museum of Icelandic -- Gallery 4: made of driftwood full of wormholes, Skogar museum -- Cabinet E: the museum of whales you will never see -- Gallery 5: the end of the world, herring era museum -- Cabinet F: the museum of darkness -- Gallery 6: on necropants, the museum of Icelandic sorcery and witchcraft -- Cabinet G: the museum of obligation -- Gallery 7: nudged into the sea, Icelandic sea monster museum -- Cabinet H: the museum of seagull tricks

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