Museum of Make Believe

You're invited....to travel East of the Sun and West of the Moon....

Art Show the Month of April.....

at

Hermann Public Library

Once in a life time showing of rare artifacts from fairy tales,  poetry,  folklore, and old legends collected from around the world at auctions, private sales and donations.  Lilting Music and an unusual food presentation will be part of your experience at this noteworthy event. 

Underwritten by  Grants from

The Fellowship of The Rings Foundation

Realms of Imagination Inc

The Foundation For Fantasy 

and

Generous Gifts from Noted Benefactors

Insured once upon a time by Sur La Lune of London.

Concepts and Designs By Lady of the Lake Studio  / Joan Treis 2006

Listing of artifacts you will see at the exhibit follows:

Heidi's Suitcase w/ Clothing, Portrait of Grandfather and Edelweiss Necklace

Huck Finn's Straw Hat - 1870s

I Think Mice Are Rather Nice - A Primitive Quilt

Tiny Cotton Hand Made Irish Fairy Dress w/ Pink Shoes - 1920s

Wicked Stepmother's Who's the Fairest Mirror

 Gretel's Hat and Hansel's Embroidered Shirt

Cock Robin's Nest w/ First Edition Book on his death

Pair of Celtic Wood Nymph Slippers 

Gipetto's Wood Working Tools Used to Craft Pinocchio

1880s Fairy Tea Set. Table and Chair- Great Britain

17th Century Queen Mab's Rocker

1860s Fairy Bed with Linens-United Kingdom

15th Century Unicorn Horn - Ground

15th Century Unicorn Jaw Bone

Velvet Covered Album of Elvish Art and Unusual Images

Mary Had A Little Lamb's Sheep Wool

Rapunzel's Tapestry Slippers Lined with Old Sheep Wool

Brer Rabbit's Pin Stripe Pants

Jack Spratt's Platter

Old Mother Hubbard's Broom

1800s Fragment of Fairy Sheet Music

Remains of the Tortoise from Aesop's Isle of Samos

Leather Boot  Fairy Home with Slate Roof - Donegal - Irish Origins

Fragment of the Map of Narnia Under Glass

Katrina Van Tassel's Dress and Apron - Sleepy Hollow Auction

Ichabod Crane's Waistcoat - Sleepy Hollow Auction

St Joan of Arc's Banner - Orleans,  France,  15th Century

Ebenezer Scrooge's Pocket Watch Stopped at Midnight

Fairy Hat Crafted by Woodland Fairy Milliner - 1880s

Framed Hobbit Tapestry - From Bilbo Baggins' Ancestor's Trust Fund

Pan, Satyr, Muse, Allegory of Spring - Botticelli Wallhanging

Authenticated Photograph of Santa Claus' home In North Pole

Pick Axe Remnant - Seven Dwarves Origins

Pandora's Box - Sealed with Old Chain and Lock

Vial of Fairy Dust 17th Century - Irish

The Famous Wienerwald Breadcrumbs  (Hansel's Breadcrumbs), 18th century; Petrified

Auntie Em's Batiste Blouse

 Stone Rubbing from Lothlórien - Middle Earth - LOTR

Depiction of Celeborn and Galadriel - Intaglio Print - Middle Earth - LOTR

Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy Collage on Canvas

Framed Botanical Print from the Lost Continent of Atlantis-Water Damaged

Early Photograph Portrait of Beatrix Potter Framed

Eowyn's Lace Beaded Manatella  - Middle Earth - LOTR

Elvish Black Beaded Manatella - Middle Earth - LOTR

Cruella DeVille's Mink Stole and Green Crepe Party Dress

Pierre DuBois' Fairy Specimen Box /  French  1890s / Rare

Edgar Allen Poe's Portrait w/ authentic Raven's Feather (displayed with his bust of Pallas)

Cinderella's Clock

Coconut Cups with Carved Names:  "R. Cruso" and "Friday"

Starry Starry Night, Paint Your Palette Blue and Gray : for Vincent

Cezanne's Provencal Kitchen: A Quilt

Paul Klee's A Line Is A Dot That Goes For a Walk : Wallhanging

Authenticated - Frida Kahlo's Handbag, Gift From Diego

 Ghostlands-The Faraway  :  For Georgia

Monet's Koi : Wallhanging

CATS / T. S. Elliott's "Naming of Cats" Wallhanging 

and by special arrangement

Special Showing

The Sword of Aragorn

Evening  Musical Offerings:

Sound Track from Sally Potter's Orlando

Celtic Melodys

Lord of the Rings Soundtrack

Handel's Watermusic

© 2006 and Beyond .... Joan Treis

MUSIC MIDI: 

Lothlorian  (Land of Blossoms Dreaming)

from Lord of the Rings