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  • Museum of Natural History

    28 June 2016

      Shelf Appeal has a soft spot for illustrations of museums. Museum is my key word. I like old illustrations...

  • Before the wild things

    5 June 2016

    Shelf Appeal likes an exhibition catalogue. Or two. Particularly those little catalogues it seems aren’t viable to produce much any...

  • A case of wonderful

    17 April 2016

      Romping (relatively speaking) around Gothenburg last week, Shelf Appeal had a few hours of magical museological meandering in The...

  • Never have too many

    11 January 2016

    The number 2 bus in Stockholm took me to the door of the Transport Museum there. At the back of...

  • Small picture books

    14 August 2015

    Shelf Appeal can deny no longer the presence of at least one collection on the shelves. Of small books, booklets...

  • Photography allowed

    21 September 2014

    I like a museum stuffed to the gunnels. Independent museums are often displayed that way. None of your curated cases...

  • Clever and amusing

    20 May 2014

    I have become a little obsessed with this image. Mind you, I have been obsessed long time with museums and...

  • Transported

    21 November 2013

    The museum diorama is an acquired taste. Shelf Appeal has acquired it. Models small and large, playing with perspective, history...

  • The main drawer

    16 December 2012

    A return trip to Copenhagen was a nice thing to do. It was cold, cold, cold. So cold the lakes...

  • Dainties

    11 November 2012

    As you know toys are a bit of a thing here. They are a bit more of a thing on...

  • A picture book

    23 April 2012

    A Picture Book in Colour II. No fancy titles here. And with a cover design this fancy who needs a...

  • Small and beautifully formed

    1 May 2007

    My love of all things retail extends (when no one is looking) to toy shops and illustrated books about shopping....

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