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