Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!grkermi!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Edinburgh & Munich Message-ID: <474@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 15:38:50 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.474 Posted: Wed Jun 12 15:38:50 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Jun-85 05:13:06 EDT References: <2518@randvax.UUCP> <4205@hlexa.UUCP> <4207@hlexa.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Distribution: net Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 28 In article <4207@hlexa.UUCP> wjhe@hlexa.UUCP writes: >While in Munich, be sure to spend a day or so at the Deutsche Museum. >It's the German national museum of science and technology, and in many >ways much more informative than our Smithsonian (which is more a collection >of scientific artifacts than a place to gain understanding of technology). My information is more than a decade out of date (~sigh~) but I did visit visit the Deutsche Museum when I was in Munich. Two points I remember: 1) All the placards explaining the displays are written in German _only_. If you don't read German you'll find some of the displays meaningless (eg: demonstrations of chemical reactions). 2) The floors are all parquet, so don't wear rubber soled shoes if you can avoid it. The squeaking as you walk along will annoy you as the atmosphere in the museum is rather like that of a library (quiet). (I found this a pleasant contrast to the London Science Museum where the atmosphere is that of a noisy school yard). -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI "How goes the rat race?" 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. "The rats are winning." Santa Monica, CA 90405 -- Paul Lynde (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe