He moved to New York when his patron had to sell his collection of bird specimens to the American Museum in order to pay off a blackmailer.
"You will need a spider expert, I would probably send it off to a museum to identify the species and exactly where it comes from, " said Mr Goetz.
And with that he was off to his home for a nap, before returning to the museum that evening to escort the secretary of state and the cream of New York society through the history of American art.
But curators at the Field Museum have decided to take the remains off exhibit.
The problem started innocuously enough: Caulerpa taxifolia, a type of red algae not native to the Mediterranean shore, was spotted off the shores of the grand Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.
Conservators are now working to dehumidify the museum and clean off flash rusting and corrosion from the steel beams, she said.
One of the bikes will return to the Harley-Davidson museum in Milwaukee, while the other will be auctioned off at the festa with proceeds supporting the Good Samaritan Foundation.
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Once you check that off your Phoenix bucket list, head over to the Musical Instrument Museum.
Assuming you can persuade the Internal Revenue Service that you are in the museum business to make money, not to have fun, you can write off any operating losses against other income.
Nowadays donors want the museum doors to open when they are alive, and they have a lot to show off.
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