{"product_id":"9780008760427","title":"The Secret Museum","description":"Author: Molly Oldfield\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008760427\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world – curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho knows what’s hidden from view? Locked away in cabinets, secure storage and aircraft hangars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of a museum’s collection never gets seen. It sits in the quiet dark of an archive waiting for a treasure hunter or obsessive researcher to root out its very existence. Under the streets of Manhattan priceless books are shelved; brick outbuildings in London’s East End house drawers of Victorian embroidery remembering foundlings long ago dead; body bags in Washington clothe space suits covered in real moon dust and in an unvisited aircraft hangar sits Auguste Piccard’s extraordinary invention, the balloon gondola…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis and many other extraordinary inventions, legacies, discoveries and artefacts have been visited and curated by Molly Oldfield into a Secret Museum. Rich in atmosphere and anecdote, suffused with the surprising emotion of a personal discovery, but grounded in fascinating factual detail, this is a unique and beautifully illustrated book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Secret Museum reveals sixty unknown artefacts and stories from all five continents, from Rome to Rio and Boston to Berlin. And like the very best mornings spent at a museum it promises to be idiosyncratic, surprising and enormously good fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Artefacts in the book include: An original Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum, Harrison Schmitt’s Space Suit, A piece of Newton’s Apple Tree, Van Gogh’s Sketchbooks, The original drawings of Wimbledon’s Centre Court, Dickens’ letter opener, Three pieces of Mars, and much more…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46665250799774,"sku":"HPC-9780008760427","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008760427.jpg?v=1775101473","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008760427","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}