The Museum of Whales You Will Never See

Download or read book The Museum of Whales You Will Never See written by A. Kendra Greene and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Iceland, a very small nation with a very large number (two hundred and sixty five) of (mostly) very small museums. Founded in the backyards of houses, begun as jokes or bets or memorials to lost friends, these museums tell the story of an enchanted island where bridges arrived only at the beginning of the 20th century, and waterproof shoes only with the second world war. A nation formerly dirt poor, then staggeringly rich, and now building its way to affluence once again. A nation where, in the remote and wild places, you might encounter still a shore laddie, a sorcerer or a ghost. From Reykjavk's renowned Phallological Museum to a house of stones on the eastern coast; from the curious monsters which roam the remote shores of Bldudalur to a museum of whales which proves impossible to find, here is an enchanted story of obsession, curation, and the peculiar magic of this isolated island.