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Excerpt from: A Word About Museums It pandered to the most foolish curiosity and to the most morbid appetite for the marvelous. The most gross deceptions were shamelessly resorted to to cause a week's wonder and to swell the week's receipts. The "Lecture Room" -- once a sort of "lyceum" hall, latterly a minor theatre in look and character -- furnished for the entertainment of its patrons the most vulgar sensation dramas of the day.... | Read Full Text |
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Title: | A Word About Museums | |
Creator: | n/a | |
Date: | July 27, 1865 | |
Format: | Article | |
Publication: | The Nation | |
Source: | Available at selected libraries | |
Keywords: | Art; British Museum; England; Entertainment; Entertainment, Leisure & Recreation; Institutions; Media; Museums; New York; New York City, NY; Phineas T. Barnum; Physical Disability; Popular Culture; Theater | |
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