Laura, I'm new to all this. (Just joined the Board of a local Colorado paleontology/dinosaur museum.) But we visited Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Fruita, Colorado. And they have a traveling exhibit that simulates an earthquake. Contact Michael Perry at 1 800 344 3466. If you do, tell him the contact was from the Dino Depot folks in Caņon City. Cheers, Deborah Laura Bajuk wrote: > My first exhibit as the new history curator of the Los Gatos museum will be > on the Loma Prieta quake - 10 years later. We're located near its epicenter, > in California's Silicon Valley. > > Set to open in mid-August, I'm moving fast on websites and local resources, > but would deeply appreciate any tips from exibits you may have seen or > installed. > > My stumbling block is what 3-dimensional objects to include. Besides then & > now photos documenting the damage and recovery, I'm struggling with how to > make the impact feel real - not flat and clean like the photos... Broken > china and glass would add to the effect - garage sale time! Obviously, the > museum's regular collection will NOT have a high profile here... > > Our display space is small - about 1250 square feet - but has a rustic charm > - it's an old (1854) flour mill. Lighting is good. We've got video and slide > projection capabilities. > > I'd like to add audio - with the sounds made in a 15 second, 7.1 earthquake. > Crashing trees, broken glass, snapping electrical wires... not something I > can re-create myself with ease! ;-) > > Thanks for any tips you may have - Laura Bajuk > Executive Director > Los Gatos Museum Assn. > [log in to unmask] > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. 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://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. 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).