What’s on display in museums is just a fraction of the fascinating objects held in their collections. For reasons of size, delicacy, lack of space, or lack of historical context, these objects remain invisible. In The Secret Museum, a new book by Molly Oldfield, 60 of these objects are revealed, from Van Gogh’s sketchbooks, to a space suit covered in moon dust, to Queen Victoria’s dental tools, to Dr. Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley’s hats from their famous meeting in Africa. See the link below for an interview with Ms. Oldfield.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/molly-oldfield-the-secret-museum
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