>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]