I may be wrong, but I remember the Ripley's Believe it or not Museum (LOL!!!) in San Francisco has a room like this. OK... stop laughing!!! It's actually pretty cool and might give you some good ideas. :) Lorah > ---------- > From: David Formanek[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 7:08 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Anyone done a small earthquake exhibit? > > I can't remember where this was, or when I read about it, but there was an > earthquake exhibit that included a room mounted on springs, that shook > from > time to time. > > A supply of replaceable, cheap crockery to fall from shelves might be fun. > > I have been through only one very small earthquake. The noise was > terrifying. > Sub-woofers may be the way to go--speakers that emit sub-sonic vibrations. > Rock bands use them. You don't hear them, but feel them in your chest. > > An excellent description of an earthquake's primal terror may be read in > Mary > Renault's The Bull from the Sea, if anyone reads that anymore. Spoken > literary excerpts might be an effective ingredient in an earthquake > exhibit. > > David Formanek > > ========================================================= > 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).