"Dust & Grooves" Tome Spotlights Unknown Museum Creator Mickey McGowan

Artfully laden with metal sculptures, outdoor furniture and myriad art and lights, Illumigarden has long been one of Mill Valley’s most uniquely creative, must-visit businesses. Michael Pringle’s gorgeous space builds on the eclectic history that preceded it.

The Unknown Museum, which lived at the same space at 35 Corte Madera Ave. across from City Hall from 1974 to the mid-1980s (as did upscale gardening shop Smith & Hawken after it), was Mickey McGowan’s packed-to-the-hilt homage to pop culture in all its forms, from toys and knick knacks to art and thousands of items that you haven’t thought of in decades – surely one of the world’s largest private collections of vintage pop cultural artifacts.

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