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While attending AAM's annual meeting in Cleveland, I visited the
Cleveland Museum of Natural History. They had a small earthquake
exhibit that was good. They had a video running with a couple of seats
in front of it. Every few minutes the whole seating area would shake
to give the visitor a sense of what the earthquake felt like.
Laura McMann Mahoney
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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.
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