Why you should never donate to a museum

Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

Some years ago the scum that run my city closed down our wonderful Museum of Science and Industry. I had loved this place for all of my life and knew every exhibit like the back of my hand some prize items were moved to the new "Think Tank"at Millennium Point but the rest disappeared from my life.
When I petitioned the council they told me that the collection was in storage in a warehouse I did not believe them but today I visited the warehouse as they had an open day ( they have two a year but it is not publicized)
These are some of the items owned by the people of Birmingham but hid from them.
( Please forgive the multi postings Google Chrome likes to crash when posting Jpegs).
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nowhere.elysium · The Pork Lord Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Karma :

I'm presuming you intended to post images? I'm willing to believe in the plight of the people of Birmingham, but I require tangible proof, damn it!
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Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

Did you own them when the were new?
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SlimRick · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Karma :

Sooooo, this warehouse - was it alarmed? Just curious like.

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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

Was that the one that was right next to the canal (I think near the BT tower?)? It had a huge steam locomotive in a hall that shifted forward a couple of meters once an hour or something, and I believe it had a science room at the top, there was a chair that you sat in and held a spinning wheel, some kind of gyroscopic/centrifugal thing so that the faster the wheel span the faster you turned in the chair.... Or something like that. I also believe there was a long tube that stretched across the length of the room and you could talk to people on the other side through it..... Christ it's been years since I last stepped in there, was always a good place to take the missus. The think tank thing is mediocre, but the science museum had character.

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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

I remember that place. I used to love ths spinning balls governor thing when I was a kid. However I went again when I was a teenager, and I was bored to tears to be honest.
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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Battery farming those poor rodents like that, scandalous. Shocked

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Haven't you watched "Night at the Museum 2: The Battle of the Smithsonian"?? Rolling Eyes

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Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Is the Art Museum with the mummies and the giant T Rex still open? Those two places were a big part of my under privileged childhood along with stickleback fishing in the cut.

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ulster exile · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 18 Jul 2009 Karma :

My grandad donated a Lambeg drum to our local museum and though I was brought up hearing about it and seeing photos of it, I've never seen it in the flesh as it's not been on display in my lifetime that I know of.