My latest museum visit was to the Space Centre in Leicester.
I am a huge fan of science fiction and the lovely Mr Bowie, so I had a grand old time pretending to be a member of Star Fleet and singing all the space-themed Bowie songs.
Above: A tripod from War of the Worlds. The green laser fires and makes a sound as you walk underneath - I needed about 6 goes at walking underneath before I was satisfied that I'd seen it enough times!
Doing my best Uhura impression - "Hailing frequencies open, Captain"
And this outfit was good the last time I wore it sooo.... I wore it again.
The above image was taken in a small cinema at the centre where you could watch Le Voyage Dans La Lune ("A Trip To The Moon") from 1902. It's a film based on From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne, and The First Men In The Moon by H.G. Wells. I love H.G. Wells but I have never read any Jules Verne - I must get some sorted out for me to read.
I found Le Voyage Dans La Lune in its entirety on Youtube, and you can watch it for yourself in the clip below. I highly recommend it - it's a charming film and I found it really interesting to see some of the science fiction ideas of the time rendered on film. In the story, some astronomers decide to take a trip to the moon in a capsule which is fired from a cannon. If you are interested, there are also several other versions of the film on Youtube which use different music, and there are some hand-coloured clips as well.
Above: this is the head from the Roswell Alien Autopsy. I am not sure if it is the real head from the film or if it is a reproduction, but you can watch the autopsy clip on Youtube here and read about the hoax on Wikipedia here.
As much as I enjoyed all the space things, I will leave you with my favourite photos from the visit. I was super excited by the 1969 living room, which they had set up to show how the first moon landing would have been seen on television.
So did I have fun playing with all the cool stuff in this awesome dream living room? You bet your buttons I did.
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Fun pictures! I would love to visit this museum! And that living room is pretty awesome too :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a really great day out; I spent ages playing around in the living room.
DeleteThe 1969 room looks just like a set from the office in Mad Men!!! I love that last shot of you on the phone :D
ReplyDeleteI really must get on and watch Mad Men at some point, I've never yet seen it. I liked that photo too, it was a lot of fun to take.
DeleteInteractive museums (and science centre) like this are such a blast! Seeing these delightful photos makes me year to visit the Science Centre in Vancouver again (interestingly, a point I was just discussing with my husband a few days ago). It's about five hours away from us and I haven't been since I was either 13 or 14 - at least half my lifetime ago - so another visit is definitely in order one of these days.
ReplyDeleteBig hugs & tons of happy Monday wishes,
♥ Jessica
I just googled the science centre in Vancouver, I wouldn't mind a visit myself. It looks really interesting!
DeleteWhat a fun outing! Love those books especially and your circle skirt is just adorable!
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look on youtube for the colorized Le Voyage Dans La Lune shown at the cannes film festival...you will probably like it...
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