tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post6714835110073931812..comments2024-03-28T06:33:54.252-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: A Visit to the Fairbanks MuseumAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-87643549239070925282011-05-16T21:18:40.472-04:002011-05-16T21:18:40.472-04:00I think the Fairbanks Museum is the oldest natural...I think the Fairbanks Museum is the oldest natural science museum in the country. It was a favorite place to "hang out" after school when I was a kid in the 60's. Imagine just average st. j kids looking at Netsukis and bug art... for fun! Thanks, Altoon, for putting together this sight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-8169943396161566832011-04-29T09:43:39.639-04:002011-04-29T09:43:39.639-04:00I wouldn't have noticed the fakeness of the fl...I wouldn't have noticed the fakeness of the flowers in the woodchuck photo if you hadn't pointed them out. It is almost like the maker of this diorama was having a bit of fun by overstating the artificiality. The irony probably isn't there but it is amusing nonetheless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15758304289801790709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-29477655488720967372010-11-02T09:21:34.760-04:002010-11-02T09:21:34.760-04:00I'm glad you all enjoyed this tour. It's i...I'm glad you all enjoyed this tour. It's interesting to know, Susan, as I had surmised, that very little has changed at the museum. I don't remember seeing the music box, but they do have lots of stuff in storage. <br />The museum is quite dimly lit, so photographing there wasn't easy, Maggie; I took lots of shots that weren't any good.<br />As for the bug art, it's fun to learn about the similarity to Sailor's Valentines, Mona, which I looked up. They're not as complex as the bug pictures, but are quite wonderful. The museum also had an abstract image made of butterfly wings from central Africa. <br />My childhood museum memory, Julie, is firstly at the Brooklyn Museum and then the Museum of Natural History. These places do have an instrumental role in our education, and avocation.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-38125998718855176022010-11-02T09:03:19.880-04:002010-11-02T09:03:19.880-04:00Marvelous magical mystery tour! And even the weath...Marvelous magical mystery tour! And even the weather guys...we had a similar museum in Chicago when I was a kid, The Academy of Science. I believe their multi-leveled dioramas were instrumental in my nature education. One of the oddest things was a series of panels about going to the moon. But since it lagged behind NASA's actual process, they just left it unfinished, hovering above the gallery in a luminous glow. Thanks Altoon for stirring formative memories!Julie Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668542359534413638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-16103671663958217502010-11-02T08:23:20.976-04:002010-11-02T08:23:20.976-04:00thanks for the tour. I'd never heard of bug ar...thanks for the tour. I'd never heard of bug art before!rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-71690820378611670002010-11-01T22:32:26.714-04:002010-11-01T22:32:26.714-04:00One of my favorite places, too! It has changed a ...One of my favorite places, too! It has changed a little in the 50 years or so I've known it -- there used to be a talking myna bird. And there was a big brass disk-style music box that we all found fascinating as kids -- I forget, is that still there? And there are now the special exhibits and the planetarium. But it's pretty much the same, and feels magical still.Susan Sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249426819285565971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-16092934475319557332010-11-01T19:28:25.834-04:002010-11-01T19:28:25.834-04:00Altoon, you are masterful! I loved this visit to ...Altoon, you are masterful! I loved this visit to Fairbanks with you. When I visited last I took pictures also but mine didn't come out nearly so well. You give that old museum such honor and grace. Yes, I love the bug art especially. Thanks for this post.Maggie Nealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793869416867166254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-36056544214227626782010-11-01T17:21:59.254-04:002010-11-01T17:21:59.254-04:00Wow on that bug art! These are just like Sailor&#...Wow on that bug art! These are just like Sailor's Valentines (made from seashells, but in the same format and patterns).Mona Diane Connerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02022399915344870046noreply@blogger.com