Mid-South's Attic -- Pink Palace to Add Science, Technology Exhibits to Its Collections

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When Memphis Pink Palace Museum curators clean the Plexiglas case, static electricity sometimes causes the hair on the shrunken head exhibit to stand on end.

"It's an eerie feeling," says museum registrar Tammy Braithwaite of one of the museum's favorite exhibits. It is part of what makes the Pink Palace "the attic of the Mid-South," a museum reflecting the history of the region and the sometimes peculiar donations from people who helped make the museum what it is.

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Mid-South's Attic -- Pink Palace to Add Science, Technology Exhibits to Its Collections

That definition is in the process of changing with a new focus adding to the museum's mission for the first time in more than three decades. As part of its regional and cultural history themes, the Pink Palace is planning science and techno...

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