Little Museums: 1,000 Small (and Not-So-Small) American Showplaces

by Lynne Arany and Archie Hobson

Book Overview

The definitive guide to the most interesting, amusing, and surprising collections in America. With listings that leave no source unexplored, this clever directory is the first in-depth popular guide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805048235
• ISBN13: 9780805048230
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 431 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Effort but Getting Out of Date.

Small museums don't last forever. So this book is getting a little out of date - however - this is a good book still. I have read it twice and still use it as a resource. I hope the author makes a new edition. If you like visiting small museums and stuff - get the book.

Cool resource for road-tripping in the U.S.!

If you enjoy discovering unusual places when you travel or you just have strange interests, then you'll appreciate this book. It's a state-by-state listing of small museums covering nearly every kind of human endeavor, including The Louis H. Sullivan Architectural Collection, The Julia C. Bullette Red Light Museum, The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum, The Museum of Neon Art, The Titan Missile Museum, The Louis P. Klein Broom and Brush Museum, Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum, and hundreds more.If you don't feel like driving that far, you'll be amazed at some of the unusual museums that might be in your very own neighborhood... as I was, when I discovered that there's a Cockroach Hall of Fame just a mile away from where I live.Each museum entry includes a decription with the address, phone, directions, opening hours, and price. Phones and pricing may not be entirely up-to-date, but it's a place to start.

A great addition to any road trip!

This is a great book to take with you as you travel. Even if do not take it with you, this is certainly the book you want to refer as you plan your trip. There are a slew of museums that sound like they would be interesting to visit. There are many museums that I have visited that were interesting. For many years, as my husband and I have traveled, we have tried to find the small museums in each of the towns we visited. We have learned that almost every town we visit has a small museum. Unfortunately, many of these museums are not worth the time and effort. This book seems to have the cream of the crop. We know if it's listed in this book, we make the effort to see it.A great resource for traveling on the road. Visiting small museums (and large) is an easy way to add planned breaks to your driving, stretch your legs, learn about your country, and more. This book can only enhance any trip you take.

Don't Leave Home Without It!

Whether you are planning a weekend drive or a summer-long sojourn throughout the United States, take (and keep) this book with you. LITTLE MUSEUMS will allow you to see the world in a slightly different way and will give you many, many stories to tell when you get back home. No matter where you live or where you're traveling, this volume will come to be a best friend in your glove compartment. In its exhaustive evaluation of museums you couldn't even dream up if you tried, LM offers a snapshot of America that we once only imagined existed...but with LITTLE MUSEUMS, we are comforted that the strange is real, and we're happy that it is. Enjoy your journey.

Great source of information on little-known museums

This is a terrific book for anyone who loves museums, who's bored with Disney World, or who's just suffering road fatigue on that long driving vacation. The authors define little museums as ones that "not that many people go to see." Some they list are quirky (Smitty's Juke Box Museum, Museum of Ancient Brick), others serious (Folger Shakespeare Library, Hopi Cultural Center). Organized by state, the book packs a lot of description into small spaces. Here in New Mexico I've already tried out the American International Rattlesnake Museum and the Bataan Memorial Military Museum, and I'm certainly curious about the Liquid Paper Museum. Highly recommended.