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>"Many of those who come to the museum, especially on >weekends, when it isn't full of schoolchildren bused >in from all over, are from the neighborhood, the >southern section of the city; black children, many >with their parents. Sometimes they come with picnic >baskets to make a day of it." > >Our family was one of these....I remember picnics in >Exposition Park (usually KFC or Jim Dandy chicken) >along with visits to the museums. The first time I >remember CMSI was when I was about three (and whining >for a coke most of the day!) > >Kindergarten or 1st Grade, we'd load into yellow buses >and travel to the museums. I remember coming home from >one of these trips and going to sleep early, because I >was just overwhelmed.... > >When I was much older (say, first year in college), I >got there on my own (using the RTD buses) a couple of >times. > >Here a a few specific memories: > >* Mathematica, of course. (one time a little kid >crawled under it and had to be shooed out!). I >remember the balls in the funnel, the moebius strip, >and a few of the other math-related exhibits as well. > >* The train layout. We kids would run after the train >as it passed by, our feet clanking on the floor, and >museum staff/chaperones barking "WALK!" > >* The chicken incubators. (I wasn't really into those) > >* The electrical stuff, such as the telephones and the >tic-tac-toe computers, which you could never beat. >(One time there was some kid hogging the tic-tac-toe >games all day) > >* There was a blue, moving "Wheel of Progress" with a >"Please Do Not Touch" sign above it. > >* Speaking of not touching, anyone remember the men's >rooms, with the sign "Automatic Valves -- Do Not >Touch" over the urinals? > >* Later on, more corporate-sponsored stuff, like a GM >driving simulator. ("Keep your foot on the gas until >you get to the curve!). If you crashed, it would show >a scene of your "funeral" with some guy weeping "He >oversteered!". > >* I also remember the earthquake simulator (this was >in the mid-80's), the McDonalds as an exhibit, and a >computer program that designed bicycles. > >The new museum is nice, but not quite the same.

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