I went to the Science Museum yesterday and as well as having a ball with my nearly four year old in their amazing child spaces (god love free London museums) I was utterly charmed by this caption.
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Would be lovely to make a little zine/book of personal items inserted into museums by curators. I have a few I could contribute, as I’m sure most of us do.
Almost all of the Smithsonian museums in DC are free. We have them here, from highest prestige national institutions to local gems. You just have to look and sometimes, make inquiries. Your local library may have free passes to museums in your area as well.
The culture pass at my local library just got redone and I'm really excited to check out the bounty of museums on my grad school budget. It's good for everyone, too, as the library gets to report patron usage to justify expenses.
By implication, the model was made by a boy around my age at the time.
In contrast, I was using old Trex cooking oil bottles as as Thunderbirds models.
Guess another career avenue closes with a bang!
That's now owned by the state and has to be maintained forever. Getting items into the collection is relatively easy. Getting them removed is hard. You need the Secretary of State to sign them out of the national collection (deaccessioned) and they only do that once a year.
I loved the science museum when I was little. All the buttons to press! I live in Western Australia now and our poxy state government rebuilt and now charge entry to the Western Australian Boola Bardip (Perth) Museum.
Sidebar; but I do miss the sheer quality of London's free museums. Call it a product of imperialism if you want, but it's sorely lacking in my home (Dublin). So glad you're introducing a new generation to this gift.
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I want free museums
Thanks for reminding me
The one in Oakland only has like one free day a month or smth
In contrast, I was using old Trex cooking oil bottles as as Thunderbirds models.
Guess another career avenue closes with a bang!
https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_1425270
https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/01/science-museum-curator-reveals-favourite-exhibit-made-12-year-old-8424310/
I add alt text to pictures that I post, I don't know how to add it to links. How do I do it?
On 23rd August 2019, Bethan visited Poole Museum.
After talking with her mum about what museums do. Bethan decided she wanted to donate her 'most precious' rock to the museum.
She asked that we put it behind glass and look after it, so that everyone could see and enjoy it."