THE BANANA MUSEUM

Wednesday, 28 June 2006 15:42

Auburn, WA - Are you tired of the same old run-of-the-mill museums?  Get ready for a tribute to that most perfect fruit - THE BANANA! Banana Museum curator Ann Mitchell Lovell has assembled close to 4,000 items, a mélange of artifacts, folk art and other cultural oddities devoted to the world's perfect fruit. 

BANANA FACTOIDS: Immigrants to the USA, arriving at Ellis Island in the early years (1892-1920s) were given bananas to eat.  Many had never seen them and didn't know how to eat them - some ate the whole thing, peel and all.

Bananas were introduced to the American public at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the same expo that introduced Alexander Graham Bell's telephone.

Visit : http://www.bananamuseum.com/