Museum of Science

The only right way to see the laser show at the Museum of Science

adamg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:34:08 -0400

Is under the influence of some mind-altering drug, Erin suggests:

... At this point, the whole "Dark Side" mythos is so overblown that I can't hear a note of it without being thrown back into some cliche college legend - probably one involving scag weed and "The Wizard of Oz". Sitting in the planetarium, head craned back and neck cramping from the angle, I was acutely aware that if I'd done this years earlier I would have had the good sense to enjoy it in a much more fitting manner. ...

Livening up the Museum of Science

adamg — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:28:54 -0400

Brian McFadden has a couple of naming suggestions that could go a long way toward bringing back excitement to the museum.

Is the Museum of Science dumbing down?

adamg — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:54:19 -0400

Jeff Egnaczyk frets.

Museum of Science seeks to install wind turbines on its roof

adamg — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:06:23 -0400

Seven altogether; goes before the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal on July 29 for a variance.

Via John Keith.

Upcoming Event at the Museum of Science

Museum of Science — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:01:22 -0500

From Physics to Pheromones:
An Adult Science Fair

Monday, March 3, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Museum of Science, Boston

Farewell, Mr. Science

adamg — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:16:18 -0500

La Diabla says good bye to Bradford Washburn, who built the Museum of Science:

... Thank you for creating my all-time favorite place to be in this town. I think I'll spend an afternoon in your Theatre of Electricity, under the electric glow of your Van Der Graff generator this weekend.

Why he didn't like the plastic-coated dead bodies at the Museum of Science

adamg — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:45:55 -0400

Dave Copeland went to the Body Worlds exhibit at the MoS, explains why he wouldn't go again:

... Some of the full figured models -- particularly the ones where hair and fingernails were preserved or where the person's facial features were still readily identifiable -- were disturbing. To me, at least. Again, I'm squeamish.

But the biggest bother to me is the display told nothing about who these people were before they were museum exhibits. Perhaps its the journalist in me who is a bit more interested in people's stories than their spleens. ...

Earlier:
Defending the dead bodies at the Museum of Science.

Body Worlds as a spiritual awakening

adamg — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:19:47 -0400

Beth describes her epiphany while at the Museum of Science plasticized-body show.

Defending the dead bodies at the Museum of Science

adamg — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:02:59 -0400

Beth rises to the defense of Bodyworlds, that exhibit at the Museum of Science consisting of "plastinated" bodies, against what she calls the self-appointed morality police:

... if there's one thing I cannot stand, it's when people see something that upsets them and then decide that since it upsets them, it should not be seen by anyone else. They decide that they, and their sensitivities, rule the world--and others should be prevented from having an experience because they found it unpleasant.

These people--the cadavers involved--are serving a purpose after death. They are teaching others about the wonder and beauty and amazing machine that is their body. People volunteering themselves for such study--whether as cadavers or living surgical subjects in the early days of the study of anatomy--are doing a service to the world, and, I think, to themselves. ...

What's wrong with dissected, freeze-dried bodies coated in plastic?

adamg — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:07:39 -0400

Stop Bodyworlds is a site trying to get the Museum of Science to shut down its exhibit of "plastinated" dead people.

Via Geoff Edgers.