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Science Museum of Minnesota
By rdbrem at Citysearch July 02, 2011
I really like museums, but this one was really disappointing, especially considering the cost ($31 per person for museum admission, the Tut exhibit and the Omnimax movie). \t\n\t\nThe King Tut exhibit was especially disappointing. On the advertisement brochure, you see the large golden mask, which is identified with King Tut. You will never see that mask in the museum, just on photos. \t\n\t\nThe exhibit starts in a large empty room, which is supposed to look like the entry to a tomb or something. You get to hear a short narrative by Harrison Ford about Egypt. Then, you enter the exhibit itself.\t\n\t\nThe exhibit is largely a collection of statues of various pharaohs or their queens. There are also a number of jars made of various materials, which were used to hold oils or embalmed body parts.\t\n\t\nThere are also pieces of furniture, like a wooden bed. There were some other things (necklaces, a diadem), but not really anything memorable. They did have a replica of his mummy, which was made by stereolithography. In other words, the mummy was made by a computer, of plastic. But someone did a pretty good job painting it.\t\n\t\nMembers of the museum get significant discounts, but members of associated museums only get $4 off, so a membership in ASTC doesn't have much value. \t\n\t\nThe Omnimax movie was also disappointing. They explain that the mummification process was kept a secret, and not well documented. After a lot of research, an Egyptologist thought he understood it, and so mummified a real person recently, in order to understand how to possibly extract DNA from mummies. They learned that the most reliable place to extract DNA from was the bones, so that is where they extracted DNA material from Tutankhamen. They figured out who his parents were. They hope that this may also help them find a cure for malaria, as King Tut had malaria. \t\n\t\nYeah, didn't make much sense when I heard it during the movie either.\t\n\t\nFor $31 per person for museum admission, the Tut exhibit and the omnimax movie, it was not worth it. I felt a little bad for people who brought kids to see this thing, it had to be even more disappointing to them.\t\n\t\nI think you'd be just as well off to buy a DVD of Tut's stuff, which would be cheaper, and you'd get to see more. ...read more
MA Kinane Art
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MA Kinane Art
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By Artist Mercantile July 28, 2015
Saint Paul Art Crawl
Ta-coumba T. Aiken Friday, April 25 6-9pm Artist Reception A St. Paul Art Crawl Event Ta–coumba is sharing with us his “rhythm paintings” with us and will be here for the opening day of the St. Paul Art Crawl. Ta-coumba is a nationally known Twin Cities artist, arts administrator, educator and community activist who focus is on public art and collaborative projects. His “rhythm paintings” on paper and canvas are loose and lively. He has participated in the creation of over 300 murals and public art sculptures with themes ranging from local history to the artist's own style of rhythmic pattern and spirit writing. The artist has served on the boards of the Minneapolis Arts Commission, the African American Cultural Arts Center, Forecast Public Arts, and the St. Paul Arts Collective and has acted as an advisor on the arts for both the City of St. Paul and the City of Minneapolis. He has been the recipient of awards including a Pollock–Krasner Foundation Fellowship and a Bush Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship. His works can be found in public and private collections including those of the Walker Art Center, General Mills, Herbie Hancock, Taj Mahal, and Maya Angelou. I hope you can join us for this artist reception. Stop by and chat with this talented and kind soul, have a beverage and crawl! –Paintings are up now until May 3. ...read more
By Artist Mercantile March 29, 2014
Street Paintings Art Opening
On Friday, July 12th from 6-9pm the Artist Mercantile will present a solo show with works by oil painter David Cunningham. David combines the influences of the “old masters” along with the look of street photography.Stop by to meet this up-and-coming artist, see his new works and hear music byDJ Larry Englund (KFAI, Vinyl Tap) and DJ Brian Engel (Hot Pants, Hipshaker). More info and images at: http://artistmerc.com/news.php ...read more
By Artist Mercantile June 24, 2013
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