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“You can’t ever really know what a museum will offer you until you get there.” – Kendra Green

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kendra discuss their own earliest fascination with museums (2:40); the appeal and particularities of Icelandic museums (10:00); museums as a form of national identity (24:00); the relationship of collecting to the creation of museums (35:00); and museums as a way of engaging with one’s imagination (46:00).

 Kendra Greene is a writer, artist, and author of The Museum of Whales You Will Never See. She has worked at various museums, including the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Chicago History Museum. Karen is currently Associate Editor of prose at the Southwest Review and a Fellow at Harvard University’s Library Innovation Lab. For more about Kendra, check out http://akendragreene.com.  

Notable Links:

• Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (museum)
• Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago museum)
• La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles attraction)
• Icelandic Phallological Museum (penis museum)
• Museum of Jurassic Technology (Los Angeles museum)
• Cabinets of curiosities (pre-museum collections)
• Jack London (author)
• John Steinbeck (author)
• Nábrók (Icelandic necropants)
• Egil’s Saga (Icelandic saga)
• The Tourist, by Dean MacCannell (book)
• Elgin Marbles (Greek sculptures)
• Petra’s Stone Collection (museum)
• Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft (museum)

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