{"id":52793,"date":"2025-04-24T20:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/event\/in-person-wonderful-weird-and-worrisome-objects-in-washington-state-museums-29\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T19:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T02:00:32","slug":"in-person-wonderful-weird-and-worrisome-objects-in-washington-state-museums-29","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/event\/in-person-wonderful-weird-and-worrisome-objects-in-washington-state-museums-29\/","title":{"rendered":"IN PERSON: Wonderful, Weird, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most museums display no more than 10 percent of their holdings, often citing \u201cnot enough space\u201d as the reason. But there are also a wide range of cultural, philosophical, political, environmental, historic, and even superstitious reasons why museums keep some objects from public view. <\/p>\n<p>In this talk, explore a wide range of hidden objects found in the back rooms of museums in our state and around the country. Examples include a Spokane institution that holds Bing Crosby\u2019s toup\u00e9es and a museum in Lynden that\u2019s home to a 150-year-old pickle. When possible, we will have local museum curators on hand to answer questions, participate in our discussions, and unbox a few hidden treasures.<\/p>\n<p>Harriet Baskas (she\/her) is the author of nine books, including <i>111 Places in Seattle That You Must Not Miss and Hidden Treasures: What Museums Can\u2019t or Won\u2019t Show You<\/i>. She writes about airports, museums, travel, and a variety of other topics for outlets such as <i>NBC News<\/i>, <i>The Points Guy<\/i>, and her own site, StuckatTheAirport.com. 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