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Re: *Intentionally* Funny Museums/exhibits
From:
Wolfgang von Thuelen <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Sun, 25 Sep 1994 03:47:49 GMT
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In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] (Stuart Lerner
[log in to unmask]) writes:
 
>The funniest display I ever so was a travelling show of original Far
>Sides by Gary Larson.
>In Chicago, the display of approx. 300 pen and ink drawings was at the
>Shedd Aquarium.  Very, very popular.
 
I saw the display, titled "The Far Side of Science", at the Denver
Museum of Natural History.  One thing that particularly struck me about
this exhibit, was that every person studied every "artifact" and read
all the descriptions.  And that's a very unusual thing to happen in a
museum exhibit.
 
...Wolf
 
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