Haunting Museums
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Contents include: The Carnegie Sauropods, Or Bring Me the Head of Apatosaurus Louisae– the story of a dinosaur on display for close to a half a century with the wrong head.
What’s on that Broad Stripe with Those Bright Stars? – the quizzical mark on the flag that is known as the Star Spangled banner.
The 1897 Living Eskimo Exhibit – where living people were put on display and turned over to the taxidermist for “preservation" after they died
Man-eaters at the Museum: The Lions That Stopped a Railroad – the story of the Maneless lions made legendary by the movie the Ghost in the Darkness
So Where is Amelia Earhart? – the exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum of the most famous missing aviatrix of all time.
Along with many other entertaining and fantastic stories.
