Tagged with "museum"
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Rotten Luck: The Decaying Dice of Ricky Jay
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by Nina Simon Published April 26 2007
The Museum of Jurassic Technology in L.A. (www.mjt.org) is one of my favorite museums. It's quirky, confounding, and exquisitely strange--and that strangeness captures my imagination in a way that more typical exhibits and presentation styles...
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Parabolic Spinners
Case Study
by Paul Orselli Published May 01 2007
This exhibit started because we had some simple wooden spinning "turntables" we didn't know what to do with. (Prototyping 101: Keep lots of cool junk around. And duct tape. And 2-Ton Epoxy.) After fiddling around with attaching various containers...
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Mythic Creatures
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by Paul Orselli Published July 08 2007
The premise of the exhibition "Mythic Creatures" is excellent, namely, that many myths (giants, mermaids, dragons) have a basis in natural objects or phenomena. Unfortunately the execution of the exhibition does not live up to this premise. The...
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Enchanted Caves, MonstroCity, World Aquarium and More!
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by Jason Jay Stevens Published July 25 2007
I have discovered the jungle gym of my dreams - if only I wasn't on the final leg of a two week cross-country road trip, with days on-end spent sitting in a car seat, and now so stiff in the joints, even a walk across the parking lot requires some...
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Museo del Acero
Case Study
by Sanya Pleshakov Published October 18 2007
Some might have dismissed Blast Furnace No. 3 as an ageing, industrial relic. However Parque Fundidora envisioned a spectacular educational facilitypart science center, part museum, part thrill rideinside its crumbling walls. Today, that dream has...
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Old Masters Picture Gallery in Second Life
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by Jim Spadaccini Published September 19 2007
Second Life for those who haven't heard of it, is a popular, Internet-based virtual world. Registered users create their own avatars, interact with other users, and even build structures and spaces. I've ventured into Second Life (abbreviated as...
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The Animated Artwork of Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Case Study
by Paul Orselli Published November 20 2008
Laura Vaccaro Seeger is an award-winning author/illustrator who lives on Long Island. The Long Island-based Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) had approached Laura to mount a temporary show of original artwork from her books, but wanted to create an...
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Virginia Museum of Natural History permanent exhibits
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by Ryan Barber Published March 17 2009
Exhibits Description: There are two major permanent exhibition galleries at the Virginia Museum of Natural History: "Uncovering Virginia", and the "Lee & George W. Lester, II How Nature Works gallery". These newly-opened galleries total 5,336 square...
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Saltville
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by Nancy Moncrief Published March 19 2009
The Uncovering Virginia gallery features re-creations of six VMNH research sites that represent time periods ranging from 300 million years ago to 300 years ago. For each site, displays of actual fossils excavated at that site are accompanied by...
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The Sixth Floor Museum
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by Paul Orselli Published November 05 2009
I'm sure in many people's minds The Sixth Floor Museum is thought of as "the place where Oswald shot Kennedy." It is of course that, but the museum strives to present President Kennedy, his life, his political legacy, and his last few hours in...
searching for magic in a museum context - question
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by Kasia Warpas on August 20, 2010
Dear Friends, For the purpose of my PhD on “Exploring interactive play environments for cross-generational child learning through meaningful interaction”, I'm looking for examples, artists, exhibitions...
Atmosphere - a new exhibition about climate science at the Science Museum, London
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by Dave Patten on January 21, 2011
This is a link to the promotional video we made for the new Atmosphere exhibition at the Science Museum, London. It gives a good idea of what the gallery looks like and an overview of the content...