>Eric Siegel asks for memories of intentionally funny museums and
>exhibits.
>
>Some years ago in San Francisco (my best guess would be mid-1970's)
>the DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park had a one-man show called
>"The Museum of Unnatural History."  The artist had made huge
>ceramic bones and other "natural history" objects, and mounted them
>with pseudo-scholarly labels.  The staff of the California Academy
>of Sciences, which *is* a natural history museum and is right
>across the band concourse from the DeYoung, all thought it was
>hilarious.  I visited it several times.  I suspect the "Museum of
>Jurassic Technology" in Los Angeles is similar.
>
>The Cal Academy had an exhibit a few years ago on Gary Larson that was a
>scream.
        Robert
 
 
Robert O. Dahl
Interpretive Designer
8421 N. Via Tioga
Tucson, AZ 85704 Ph:(602) 797-4752
internetaddress:[log in to unmask]
              AOL: [log in to unmask]