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SPECIAL EXHIBITIONShips of the Atlantic World 1550-1750NOW SHOWING
Closes August 31 SPECIAL EXHIBITIONShips of the Atlantic World 1550-1750NOW SHOWING
Closes August 31
URBANICITY PRESENTS

The Tall Museum of Fictional Make-Believe

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◆ 11 GALLERIES  ·  11 WORKS  ·  MEMBERS ENTER FREE
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The Village of Cream Puffs (landing note)

The device: hyperbole — the American stretch. A village so light it must be tied down with ropes when the wind comes — the tall tale stretches the world until the truth inside it shows. — after Carl Sandburg, Rootabaga Stories (…

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A curator stands in every room to answer your questions, in voice or text.
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The Jefferson Room

The spiral of technology — no beginning and no end.

The Galleries

eleven revolutions and the Jefferson Room — how the world of 1725 became the world of 2025
GALLERY I
The Pretend Door
Landing 1 — the device is the let's-pretend frame. Standing text: “The Man in the Moon”, Mother Goose. Entere…
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GALLERY II
The Rhyme Floor
Landing 2 — the device is rhyme. Standing text: “Hey Diddle Diddle”, Mother Goose. Entered from the street li…
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GALLERY III
The Rhythm Steps
Landing 3 — the device is meter — climb the beat. Standing text: “from The Land of Counterpane”, Robert Louis…
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GALLERY IV
The Nonsense Balcony
Landing 4 — the device is invented words. Standing text: “from Jabberwocky”, Lewis Carroll. Entered from the …
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GALLERY V
The Personification Nook
Landing 5 — the device is personification — Mr. Nobody lives here. Standing text: “Mr. Nobody”, Anonymous. En…
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GALLERY VI
The Riddle Nook
Landing 6 — the device is the riddle. Standing text: “As I Was Going to St. Ives”, Traditional. Entered from …
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GALLERY VII
The Wish Window
Landing 7 — the device is the wish structure. Standing text: “Star Light, Star Bright”, Traditional. Entered …
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GALLERY VIII
The Tall-Tale Gallery
Landing 8 — the device is hyperbole — the American stretch. Standing text: “The Village of Cream Puffs (landi…
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GALLERY IX
The Blank Pages
Landing 9 — the device is the child writes. Standing text: “Your Page”, the student. Entered from the street …
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GALLERY X
The Wager Landing
Landing 10 — the device is the wager and the clock: the deadline plot. Standing text: from Around the World i…
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GALLERY XI
The Detective's Study
Landing 11 — the device is inference from detail: the Holmes method. Standing text: from The Adventure of the…
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Urbanicity is a place to think, not a place to be sold to. Your visit is yours: we remember your route only to draw your own map.

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IThe Pretend Door IIThe Rhyme Floor IIIThe Rhythm Steps IVThe Nonsense Balcony VThe Personification Nook VIThe Riddle Nook VIIThe Wish Window VIIIThe Tall-Tale Gallery IXThe Blank Pages XThe Wager Landing XIThe Detective's Study
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