Mythical Beasts, Magical Creatures  mythical beasts  Dragons,
mermaids and griffins lurk in the museum collections. Christina
Westenberger leads the hunt.     Creatures like the griffin,
phoenix, mermaid, unicorn and dragon snagged the imaginations of
Virginians in the 18th century, and they continue to fascinate
today. Depictions of these giants of folklore are embedded
throughout the collections in the Museums of Colonial
Williamsburg.  Last summer, a museum program called "Mythical
Beasts and Magical Creatures" debuted. Here to talk about the
program is Christina Westenberger, who is assistant manager for
museum education.  In your hands, you have a little book called
…  Christina Westenberger: "The Book of Magical Beasts and
Mythical Creatures."  Lloyd: I was reading that, when you opened
the program, all the kids who went through got books like that.
Christina: They do.  Lloyd: And they fill them out and write
what they want to write about. So actually, they're writing
their own book of magical beasts a