I was (and still am) a BIG "Mixed-up Files..." fan!!! Yes, no doubt one of the reasons I ended up with a museum career. Iguess as far as munchies go, as an adult and as a museum educator, I would have to say NO FOOD ALLOWED!!! I cringe when I see people strolling through the museum with footlongs from the vendors Like they weren't aware that the big "NO FOOD ALLOWED" signs also pertained to them. (OK, I'll get off that soapbox, for now) but as a kid...well, anything chocolate and as much pretzels and potato chips (and dip, of course) that i could have carried. Drinks would have been a problem, because even as a kid, I wouldn't drink soda, and back then, well, spring water didn't come in bottles you could get out of a machine...Maybe I would be reduced to drinking out of the wish fountain (with that slightly coppery taste...) And from growing up a scant 30 miles outside of NYC, it would have to the Met. No question. Oh, and by the way, if you see the film version, one of the people standing in line to see the exhibit was my 4th grade reading teacher! Hi Mrs. Wilson!! Patricia McDougall Tour and Reservation Supervisor national Air and Space Museum Washington, DC Elizabeth Moore <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I will have to concur and say the Met - primarily because of "The Mixed up Files....." I too LOVED that book as a child and I swear it is one of the reasons that museum work stayed in my head as a potential career as a child. I can't say that it was my fave though, Harriet the Spy might have beat it out at age 8. How many museum careers do you think did that book inspired anyway? Any other "Files" readers out there? Of course, little did I know then of plans, policies, and budget cuts...... Munchies, hmmm. As a Collections Manager I would have to say "none." As a child, however, when I read that book and made my own fantasy plans about hiding out at the Met I would have said pop rocks, soda, and pb&j. Elizabeth Moore Dr. Elizabeth A. Moore Curator of Collections and Archaeology Virginia Museum of Natural History 1001 Douglas Avenue Martinsville, VA 24112 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feltus, Pamela" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: Locked in a museum > > > > If you could get locked into a museum overnight, which one > > would it be? And > > which munchies would you, by chance, have on your person? > > > > When I was a kid, my favorite book was "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil > E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. Loved it- and when we went to the Met we > would always pick out where we wanted to hide and sleep and such. It was a > brilliant way to make the museum come alive. > > I also recommend the new movie the Royal Tannenbaums (?). In the beginning, > there is a flashback to two of the characters living in a New York museum > for a week and sleeping under an animal. > > As much as I would love to spend the night in a Frank Lloyd Wright house > (I'm not too picky as to which), I wouldn't be eating munchies in the middle > of a museum! So I guess I should go back and pick on that has a cafeteria! > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).