[NHCOLL-L:4975] Re: Pickled Exhibit

[John E Simmons]

Jean-Marc et al.,
Thanks for posting this article.  A similar newspaper account I read last
week implied that all of the collection would be lit up and on view, so I
checked with a friend in Germany about it, who said that the lighting is
neon (which does not produce UV), on dimmers, and that only a small part of
the collection is on public exhibit.  Judging by the photos with the article
that you sent, this must be a spectacular exhibit.

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
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and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Jean-Marc Gagnon <JMGAGNON at mus-nature.ca>wrote:

>  Here is an interesting article that Chris Norris posted on Facebook.
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> Vintage Exhibits on Show: Berlin Museum Opens Spectacular Display of
> Pickled Animals
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> A spectacularly eerie exhibition of pickled animals opened to the public at
> Berlin's Natural History Museum on Tuesday. The collection contains fish,
> mammals, spiders and reptiles preserved in alcohol, some of them over 200
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> You can download the complete article over the Internet at the following
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> URL: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,717401,00.html
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