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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheetahCats, post: 1664830, member: 23874&quot;]Here are a few museum tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first token hails from the Philadelphia Museum. Established by Charles Willson Peale, the museum featured works of art, paintings, and also natural history.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gallery.novanumismatics.com/march2013lib3/Rulau-E-PA-398-PhiladelphiaMuseum-Combined.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second token hails from the Parthenon Museum &amp; Gallery in New York City.&nbsp; Opened by Charles Willson Peale&#039;s son Rubens, it was an attempt at a New York version of the Philadelphia Museum.&nbsp; The museum did not last very long. Within two decades it and its exhibits had been sold to P.T. Barnum.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gallery.novanumismatics.com/march2013lib3/Rulau-E-NY-632-ParthenonNewYork-Combined.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the last token was struck by John Milton for John Joseph Merlin.&nbsp; Merlin was an 18th century inventor, and later opened a museum in London featuring mechanical devices. Struck on the reverse of the specimen is his hybrid harpsichord-piano invention.&nbsp; Merlin is also credited with being the inventor of the inline skate, as well as several animatronic masterpieces.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gallery.novanumismatics.com/march2013lib3/Brown-293-MerlinsMechanicalMuseum-Combined.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheetah[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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