Thought this might be an appropriate posting for the museum list. :) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Another good story from the San Jose Mercury News "News of the Weird". The Memphis (Tenn.) Zoo recently kicked off "Dinosaurs Live" - an exhibit of computerized, mechanical replicas of the creatures that became extinct. As of early September, according to zoo official Ann Ball, six people had asked for refunds for the $2.50 admission price upon learning that the exhibit did not feature real dinosaurs. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura Simeon Marple * So she sat on, with closed eyes, and Department of History * half believed herself in Wonderland, University of British Columbia * though she knew she had but to open them Vancouver, BC, Canada * again, and all would be changed to dull [log in to unmask] * reality. -Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] | "And what is the use of a book," MA Program in Public History | thought Alice, Indiana University at | "without pictures or conversations?" Indianapolis |