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>>As my mother worked across the street at USC, I >>visited CMSI alot with my sister. I remember all the >>stuff mentioned on the site also some of the neat >>exhibits in the Electricity area, especially a tower >>of neon that demonstrated energy conservation (I >>think). It had a prerecorded spiel and different parts >>of the neon tower would light up and animate. When the >>presentation was over, there was a bright blue neon >>that lit that said "PUSH" with a blue arrow pointing >>at a button on a stand in front of the box to start >>the presentation.(I wish I had this exhibit!) The >>Mathematica exhibit was one of my favorites and I am >>disappointed that it was not retained in the makeover. >>It looks like a lot of my favorite exhibits are no >>longer extant. Another was from a later remodel(around >>the time of the Olympics in the 80's-a remodel that >>did a good job of mixing the classic exhibits with >>newer ones) that included a microwave oven display. >>What was funny about that display was that when you >pulled on >>the microwave door handle, a speaker located right >>above you said "Do not open oven door while food is >>cooking". (The door didn't actually open, but I >>thought it was neat that the museum incorporated that >>feature for curious kids). CBS also had a great >>exhibit upstairs that had some fun video trivia games >>on laserdisc and a station where you could animate >>your own movie by sliding multicolored shapes on a >>grid by photographing each step as you moved the >>shapes. I also liked the makeover in the Health Hall >>with the Diner and the physical workout that you got >>the results of by using a card that you put in every >>machine you tried and got your results when you were >>done by putting that same card in a machine which gave >>you a printout. (I think I have that printout >>someplace). There were also the old cameras displayed >>on the lower level and the old slides that animated. I >>seem to recall that a lot of exhibits in the Redwood >>Hall were inoperative-not that there were many but >>those that were there didn't work. I faintly remember >>the permanent snowman display and some of the other >>water displays. There was another display involving >>trying to beat a mouse thru a maze that was fun..I >>think I beat the computer mouse once but it was hard >>to do. I wish I'd paid more attention to the train but >>I didn't always have a dime on me when I went to the >>museum. The big blue wheel was also an eyecatching >>display. Also Bell Telephone had a neat display with >>the model of the earth with satellites floating above >>it, leading into the cool exhibit where you could play >>tic-tac-toe, test your hearing and listen to weather >>from all over the world on individual telephones. >>There was also a huge diorama of Los Angeles Harbor on >>one side and I think San Francisco Bay on the other >>which went through repeating cyles of day to night. >>There was also the Flight exhibit upstairs I remember >>mostly for the distincive script used in the display >>and the big red buttons to push. That's about all I >>can recall at the moment. I sure wish I'd thought of >>taking some pix of all those neat exhibits as a lot of >>my favorite designers were involved in their creation. >>I'm surprised the museum doesn't have an archive of >>their exhibits. I'm sure the best documented one is >>the "Mathematica" exhibit. Would be glad to hear from >>others reguarding these exhibits and more. This museum >>was such fun then!

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