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The museum of whales you will never see: travels among the collectors of Iceland A. Kendra Greene.

The museum of whales you will never see: travels among the collectors of Iceland A. Kendra Greene.
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949.12/GREE
History & Politics   Forster . Available .  
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ISBN 9781783785933
Shelf Location 949.12/GREE
History & Politics
Author Greene, A. Kendra
Title The museum of whales you will never see : travels among the collectors of Iceland / A. Kendra Greene.
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©2020 Granta,
Collation xv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. ;
Abstract/Summary Welcome to Iceland, a very small nation with a very large number (two hundred and sixty five) of (mostly) very small museums. Founded in the backyards of houses, begun as jokes or bets or memorials to lost friends, these museums tell the story of an enchanted island where bridges arrived only at the beginning of the 20th century, and waterproof shoes only with the second world war. A nation formerly dirt poor, then staggeringly rich, and now building its way to affluence once again. A nation where, in the remote and wild places, you might encounter still a shore laddie, a sorcerer or a ghost. From Reykjavik’s renowned Phallological Museum to a house of stones on the eastern coast; from the curious monsters which roam the remote shores of Bildudalur to a museum of whales which proves impossible to find, here is an enchanted story of obsession, curation, and the peculiar magic of this isolated island.
Subject Museums -- Iceland -- History
Collectors and collecting -- Iceland -- History
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