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For Immediate Release: September 22, 2009
Private Collections on Public Display at Philadelphia International Airport
Exhibit Reveals Eclectic Tastes of Local Philadelphians
 PHILADELPHIA – A new exhibit at Philadelphia International Airport offers a window into the passions of local Philadelphians. Private Collections: Personal Obsessions features objects both unusual and mundane that embody the diverse interests and backgrounds of the people who collect them.
“Although collecting is a universal experience, each collection is personal and unique,” explains Airport Exhibitions Director Leah Douglas. “Each object represents a specific remembrance or story of the collector.”
The eighteen collections represented in the exhibit are diverse. Passengers may see popular culture embodied in an assortment of Bobbleheads, nostalgia reflected in vintage postcards, everyday objects like key chains, specific imagery like owls or mementos from the collector’s travels, such as snow globes.
“Not only are collections a wonderful record of our culture, they also provide insight about the collector’s interests and personal history,” says Douglas.
Private Collections: Personal Obsessions can be seen in the corridor between Terminal A-East and Terminal B through February of 2010.
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