Over Christmas I was in Singapore and saw a lovely display at the
newly-opened National Museum. In their Living galleries they'd done a
display of a whole range of cooking spices and flavourings by showing
samples in glass pharmacist-type jars. Some of these had what I think I
would describe as 'smell trumpets' (height adjustable) and you operated a
handle to pump the air from the jar up the tube, which worked very
well. Sadly, no photography was allowed and I can't find any images, but it
was a simple-to-use system.

Rebecca.
www.rebecca.mileham.net
www.textworkshop.co.uk



On 17/01/07, Rainey Tisdale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>  This subject has come up on the list before, so we don't need to do a
> full-fledged revisiting, but I'm investigating incorporating smells into an
> exhibition. We are a small museum with a very tiny exhibition budget, so I
> can't go the route of a company like Scentair or Intercontinental that
> sells machines and custom scents.
>
>
>
> If anyone has come up with practical, low-budget ways of working with
> smells, please contact me. I've been talking to the Boston Children's
> Museum, which is doing some work in this area. I've also seen the
> Exploratorium's squeeze bottle method for Garden of Smells, and an
> exhibition designer diagramed a sippy-cup method for me. I'd like to know
> what other methods are out there, particularly how you control the smell so
> it comes out when visitors want to smell it but stays contained the rest of
> the time and--most importantly--is tamper-proof.
>
>
>
> Also, I've been investigating cheap ($15-25/bottle) sources for buying
> atypical stock scents (smoke, body odor, wig powder, etc.). I found Demeter
> Fragrances, but I'm wondering if there are others out there. And if you have
> used this simple method of spraying cotton balls with scented oil or perfume
> and placing the cotton balls inside a container with a hole in the top, I'd
> to know how long I can expect the scent to last. I want to find ways to keep
> maintenance to a minimum.
>
>
>
> Any advice, either on- or off-list, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Rainey Tisdale
>
> Director of Museum Collections and Exhibitions
>
> Bostonian Society
>
> 206 Washington Street
>
> Boston, MA 02109
>
> 617-720-1713 x24
>
> 617-720-3289 Fax
>
> www.bostonhistory.org
>
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