22 May
2014
22 May
'14
3:20 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: 22 May 2014 22:38
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Purpose of a museum (was Re: Buying something from a museum)
didn't
Have you visited MOSI at all? I haven't been
recently, but they have
lots of
Is that the one in Manchester? I visitied it once about 10 years ago. I have very long there and of course I spent most of the
time looking at the
Manchester Mark 1 reproduction.
Yes, it is the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry and it is part of
the same group as the Science Museum. See
http://www.mosi.org.uk/about-us/smg-a-family-of-museums.aspx
stationary steam engines which are often in
steam, I could spend hours
watching those. They also have lots of locomotives and aircraft too,
but
Sure. There are many museums (and of course preserved railways) where
steam angines are still run in steam. My point is that there are not that still in the London musuem. In fact it's hard to
think just what _is_ in
the London
musuem.
I suppose I was trying to say, that although London does not have these
things, other museums in the same group do. Not that that is any consolation
for those unlucky enough to live in London ;-)
Regards
Rob