Smithsonian's 145 Days Without Lost Time Accident Put In Peril (Days at the Museum #2)

Not the best title for a post, and by best, I mean most accurate. If you'd like to get to the bottom of it, though, try this new dispatch over at McSweeney's: "The Elevator to Room 1028." It has elevators. It has intrigue. It has secrecy. It has stacks of books. And it has elevators.

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This is part two of "Days at the Museum." Part I was noted here. It had a better picture.

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