{"product_id":"lost-in-the-museum-buried-treasures-and-the-stories-they-tell-paperback","title":"Lost in the Museum: Buried Treasures and the Stories They Tell - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Moses\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew beyond the insider realize that museums own millions of objects the public never sees. In \u003ci\u003eLost in the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, Nancy Moses takes the reader behind the \"employees only\" doors to uncover the stories buried-along with the objects-in the crypts of museums, historical societies, and archives. Moses discovers the actual birds shot, stuffed, and painted by John James Audubon, America's most beloved bird artist; a spear that abolitionist John Brown carried in his quixotic quest to free the slaves; and the skull of a prehistoric Peruvian child who died with scurvy. She takes the reader to Ker-Feal, the secret farmhouse that Albert Barnes of the Barnes Foundation filled with fabulous American antiques and that was then left untouched for more than fifty years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving the stories of the object, its original owner, and the often idiosyncratic institution where the object resides, the book reveals the darkest secret of the cultural world: the precarious balance of art, culture, and politics that keep items, for decades, lost in the museum.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cultural development consultant and former executive director of the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia, \u003cb\u003eNancy Moses\u003c\/b\u003e has spent much of her career bringing history to light-and to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.92 x 6.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e IndieFab awards (2008)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45660354969797,"sku":"9780759110700","price":83.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/O_pzxnLUCi9780759110700.webp?v=1781283775","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/lost-in-the-museum-buried-treasures-and-the-stories-they-tell-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}