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And now, a story about a lady who curates a very specific kind of museum, Nancy three

Hoffman.

Yes, her middle name is the numeral three, not the word three, the numeral.

And she lives in Maine and is the founder and curator of the world's only umbrella cover museum.

Here is Nancy's story on how she came to open such a unique place.

Hi, I'm Nancy Three Hoffman.

I am the founder, director, and curator of the world's only

umbrella cover museum. Now, we're just talking about the sleeves, the sheaths that come on

umbrellas when you buy a new umbrella, because they fascinate me. So what happens to most umbrella covers when they're first purchased?

That's the big question.

The answer I have found over many years of doing the umbrella cover museum is that most people

don't know what to do with them.

So they put them in the closet,

drop them in the car,

stick them in a pocket, lose them.

And it's that particular phenomenon

that they are underappreciated

and sort of enigmatic

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