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Banana Museum

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Aug 17th 2006 @ 12:03PM

As we've seen, there are museums for all sorts of food-related items: sake, Pez, mustard and moist towlettes, just to name a few. So, it should come as no surprise that there's also a banana museum. Yep, the Washington Banana Museum is in Auburn, WA. Their "virtual museum" features tons of banana ephemera from the collection, including lots of vintage ads, clothing, photographs and assorted tchatckes. According to the website, the museum features around 4,000 banana-related items, all of which are overseen by curator Ann Mitchell Lovell. Everyone needs a hobby...

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Ingredients
Tags: ads, america, banana, collection, ephemera, fruit, history, museum, oddities, photographs, washington

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MJ

8-17-2006 @12:34PM MJ said... someone has alot of time on their hands I think
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Becky

8-17-2006 @1:03PM Becky said... Don't forget the Jell-O Museum in Leroy, NY (outside of Rochester). http://www.jellomuseum.com
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rkmase

8-17-2006 @1:20PM rkmase said... Apparently, that makes two of you.
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Rhea

8-17-2006 @1:34PM Rhea said... It's interesting to remember that at one time bananas were considered 'exotic'.
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