tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post1180051066306263410..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Industry Visionaryyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-32904860974799268062007-05-04T15:03:00.000-04:002007-05-04T15:03:00.000-04:00Ever checked out Baltimore's Great Blacks in Wax m...Ever checked out Baltimore's Great Blacks in Wax museum? I trust it's still around... I went there shortly before I moved, so it would be about 10 yrs. ago. I'm bummed I never got to see the Visionary museum!Sue T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18178527899514406682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-25545630352089175622007-05-04T00:02:00.000-04:002007-05-04T00:02:00.000-04:00I have two. One is the Sony Wonder Technology Lab ...I have two. <BR/><BR/>One is the <A HREF="http://wondertechlab.sony.com/index.shtml" REL="nofollow">Sony Wonder Technology Lab</A> at 56th and Madison in Manhattan, which is free of charge and gives you an overview of technology through the last hundred years or so. <BR/><BR/>The other is the <A HREF="http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp" REL="nofollow">Mutter Museum</A>, in Philadelphia. (Picture an umlaut over the "u" in "Mutter".) It's basically a museum of pathology which is open to the public. Their tagline is "Disturbingly Informative" and they're not kidding; this place is not for the squeamish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-35305112886177074842007-05-03T18:48:00.000-04:002007-05-03T18:48:00.000-04:00MN has the Johnson Twine Ball which is the claimed...MN has the Johnson Twine Ball which is the claimed biggest ball of twine built by a single person. Does that count?<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, Minneapolis just remodeled the Walker Art Center which is pretty cool, albeit a bit spendy.Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-77701479084817714402007-05-03T15:27:00.000-04:002007-05-03T15:27:00.000-04:00I went to the Museum of Ham in Spain... I think it...I went to the Museum of Ham in Spain... I think it was in Madrid.Impetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354915621349760545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-12099467996750299042007-05-03T11:28:00.000-04:002007-05-03T11:28:00.000-04:00Practically every town in Germany has a Heimatmuse...Practically every town in Germany has a <I>Heimatmuseum</I> (home town museum) and many of them are surprisingly well done. Probably the most obscure museum I've heard of is the rat museum in Strasbourg (I think; you'd sort of expect it to be in Hamelin). I've never been there, but my daughters have and they say it's cool.<BR/><BR/>The old Southwest Museum in LA was really cool way back when. It focuses on Native American stuff. Unfortunately, the building is falling apart after the last couple of earthquakes and it is no longer open.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-20929782054049055342007-05-03T08:46:00.000-04:002007-05-03T08:46:00.000-04:00The Visionary is a simply wonderful museum. Amber...The Visionary is a simply wonderful museum. Amber and I take out-of-town folks there all the time and they are constantly blown away. The best thing about it is that virtually the whole musuem is reworked for a new theme each year ... there's only a very small part of it that is the permanent collection.<BR/><BR/>And we actually got married at the Museum of Industry! They were great to work with and it was a really wonderful spot. They even let guests wander around the musuem during the reception, which my nieces and nephews love. The enormous sign facing the water in that first picture is new, though -- it wasn't there for our wedding in Sept. of 2005. We were actually there for a fundraiser last month -- the first time we had been back since our married -- and found the sign rather startling (it lights up at night!). Good to see the hefty fee we paid to rent the place didn't go to waste.<BR/><BR/>JoshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com