From:	Jeff Long jalong8@****.com
Subject:	Museum floorplans (was Re: Independent Characters)
Date:	Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:00:11 -0500

Gurth wrote:
> You could just make something up, based on (for example) the floorplan of
> a museum or other public building you've been to and remember the layout
> of. After all, museums can and do move around, and new ones are set up as
> well, so there's no real need for a museum in 2060s Seattle to be the
same
> as its counterpart today.

Actully I've been planning to, but I thought I'd ask anyway. It's always
nice when you can use things that are available instead of making them up
every time. :)

"JS Bracher" wrote

> Museums of the future would be different. Their designs are determined
> by several factors, all of which would be different: technology,
> architecture, audience, donors

<Snip> Hmm, food for thought..

> I do like parts of the Seattle Art Museum. But a lot of it sucks, and
> it's not a world class museum. I've been to the museums of Paris and
> London, and they are big, professional (or at least more so), and have
> lots of stuff. Our museum is small (smaller than the old building it
> was in), and traffic flow through it sucks. A problem with a mid-day
> heist - you'd have as much trouble getting out as folks trying to get
> out normally. The galleries are on several floors with small elevators
> and narrow stairs connecting them (instead of wide stairs like
> elsewhere), the galleries are small (unlike elsewhere). It's also a
> little expensive. But this is generally the case for museums these
> days.

Well that probibly still beats the Davenport Museum by a long shot. Yup
theres stuff to see, and IIRC the (what were they called again) Midwest
egyptian tablets are supposed to be stored in some back room there. FYI the
tablets were some archeologists attempt at fame by marking some slate tiles
with egytian hyrogliphics and then 'discovering them' at some site he was
at. They've been debunked as fakes of course but they still remain. It's
about the only noteworthy thing I can think of in the museum. Now from what
I've heard the chicago Museum is much better, but alas I've yet to go
there.
Perhaps someday I might manage to head over to Chicago and look through one
of the museums. hmm..

> The best thing about it is that we do get some great touring exhibits.
>
> Something else for your campaign - one of the galleries is for northwest
> coast Native American artifacts. A cool bit of local color.

Ah now this I was wondering about. I'll have to remember that. Thanks.

> (this is below, as mentioned above...)
> In the world of SR, suppose you are a rich donor, and you buy something
> bright and shiny for the local museum. You could just let it sit in the
> museum, behind glass, with a little card thanking you for your nice
> gift. But why not have a copy made, and let the museum have that

<Snip>
Umm, No Comment.

Jalong1