Sunday, May 15, 2011

The Museum of Jurassic Technology / David H. Wilson

Rotten Luck, "The Decaying Dice of Ricky Jay"
The Museum of Jurassic Technology is an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and public appreciation of the lower Jurassic.  David Wilson and his wife Diana Drake Wilson are the owners of the museum, and David Wilson said that the word museum originally meant a spot dedicated to the muses, a place where man's mind could attain a mood of aloofness above everyday affairs. Well,that is exactly what this couple focused on for this museum. There is a large amount of exhibits that range from art, natural history, philosophy, and anthropology but the factual claims of many of the exhibits lack strong credibility. Nonetheless, the museum attracts over 18,000 visitors yearly and the objects in the museum spur conversations and comments among the people. In the picture to the left, there is an write up about what these die are made of-chemically made of- and for the reason they are decaying.   Now, dice are made from a similar solution that is not toxic and are cheaper to produce.

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