My favorite example of fossil-related kitsch is in the Fick Museum at Oakley, Kansas (USA). The museum includes a (rather good) portrait of George Washington done in Cretaceous shark teeth, and a slab of rare Cretaceous crinoids that has been painted to "restore" the colors of the sea lilies. Ugh!! Other exhibits include an entire sod house with tools and so on. Highly recommended! Andrew K. Rindsberg Geological Survey of Alabama