24 May
2021
24 May
'21
9:12 a.m.
Wasn?t there a question as to whether LCM + L was ever going to open again
because Paul Allen?s estate?s executors are closing down things that don?t
interest them (permanently?), and COVID-19 provided an excuse to completely
lay off staff? The website still says ?closed ... for now?.
Another Allen non-profit institution, the Museum of Pop Culture (formerly
the Experience Music Project, then EMP, then Experience Music Project and
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (?EMPSFM? for short-ish), then EMP
Museum) is now open Fridays through Mondays.
On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 8:39 AM Zane Healy via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On May 23, 2021, at 6:34 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
The funny part is someone replied "Donate it to a museum" and I wrote:
"*nod* Unfortunately, after the Boston Computer Museum debacle, I'm a
bit
wary of museums. Other problem is it would just get stuck in a back
room and eventually tossed like it almost did at Digex."
Sometimes I wonder if I did fail. Anyone know if the LCM will be open
this summer?
I'm going to be in Seattle for a day in August, wouldn't mind
stopping by and seeing how it was doing....
CZ
Having donated a sizable amount of material to LCM, I?m wondering the same
thing. I?ve never been able to find the time to get up there. I?d hoped
to make it up there last summer, but like my other plans, that didn?t
happen. I delayed my Sabbatical by a year, so on it now, and now I?m
simply working on projects around home, including repairs/upgrades to my
DEC gear.
That?s one thing about Covid-19, it?s given me time to work on my old
systems.
Zane