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Average Rating: Rating: - You don't have to love dinosaurs to enjoy this book More than a book about a museum, Dinosaurs in the Attic is a survey of the last two centuries' at times predatory and rapacious drive to collect. I read this book years ago, and am still recommending it to people as one of the most interesting and enjoyable books I've ever read. The story telling is marvelous and the insights about the museum fascinating. Rating: - Behind Closed Doors at the Museum This is a fun history of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. If you're fan of the museum, you'll certainly appreciate this book. It's full of tales of scientific expeditions and the often controversial and eccentric characters who trekked all over the world to create the museum's collection. The author does a great job of explaining the 19th century American values that created public science museums, which were part schoolhouse and part carnival sideshow. It will give you an appreciation of, and a healthy skepticism for, the talent, folly, and sacrifice that go into any museum. Rating: - Excellent Until I read this history of the American Museum of Natural History and the stories of its great collections, I had little desire to visit NYC. While I thought "Relic" (the book AND the film) was a piece of junk, this book definitely made me travel to New York JUST to see the items described in this book. This was the first account I read of the tales of rival dinosaur hunters Marsh and Cope (now there is a film story). The hundreds of anecdotes such as the bone stripping beetles made it a fascinating read. I recommend it to anyone interested in the story of the finest collection of natural history artifacts on earth.

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