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FS: New Guinness Exhibition Catalog
By Jere Ryder

The Morris Museum (Morristown, New Jersey) is pleased to announce
the publication of an illustrated catalog for its permanent exhibition,
"Musical Machines and Living Dolls:  The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection
of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata."  The 144-page,
hardcover book features 138 photographic images (119 in color) and
over 20 illustrations, and it was written by Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier,
former Curator of the Guinness Collection.

The price is $39.95 each, and copies may be purchased in the Morris
Museum gift shop or by phone.  (There is a 7% New Jersey tax where
applicable.)  Please add $8.95 for shipping and handling within the
contiguous 48 states, or $40 for orders from outside the US.  An order
form may be found at http://www.morrismuseum.org/ on the Museum's
homepage.  Please feel free to telephone 1-973-971-3737 with any orders
or enquiries.

By way of background, in 2003 the Morris Museum was awarded the Guinness
Collection of 750 antique, mechanical musical instruments and automata.
A new museum wing was purpose-built with 4,300 square feet of gallery
space and opened in November 2007.  The exhibition features more than
150 pieces from the collection and takes visitors on a journey through
the history of on-demand musical entertainment.  Live demonstrations of
several of the objects are held daily, Wednesdays through Sundays, at
2 p.m.  In addition, we are planning a loan-out exhibition of automata,
about which an announcement will be made later this year.

Jere Ryder - Conservator, The M.D. Guinness Collection
Morris Museum
Morristown, New Jersey, USA


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