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the Museum of Dirt


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Dirt from Antartica Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast
(L)Dirt from Antartica
(R) Dirt from the Beverly Hillbillies Mansion
"Museum" is probably the wrong word for this place, and "dirt" might be the wrong word, too.

In truth, the exhibit is a collection of found stuff, some of it earthen, some not. It's on display at the Learning And Digital Media Offices of Jack Morton Worldwide, a high tech marketing firm in downtown Boston.

Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast
(L) Dave Barry's lint (R) Rock from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Bldg

Director of Operations Glenn Johansen does the collecting. He built a website called the "Museum of Dirt" so that he can share his hobby with like-minded folks.

Standing before his exhibit of glass specimen jars neatly organized on labeled metal shelves, Johansen gives us the real dirt on the "dirt."


             Photos courtesy of the Museum of Dirt