January 23, 2008

An exhibition of the ten thousand slides owned by the Museum of the History of Science. (ssome exhibits require Flash) 'Over three-quarters of these are contained in a single cabinet on permanent loan from the Royal Microscopical Society, with specimens prepared between 1860 and 1930. Faced with the challenging task of mounting an engaging display of so many tiny exhibits, the Museum staff collaborated with artist Heather Barnett and performance poet Will Holloway to create ‘Small Worlds’, an exhibition in an unusual range of media - images, objects, film, animation, curtains, wallpaper and poetry.'
posted by Plegmund 16 years ago
  • Dear God! I still can't post links properly...
  • Speak up Pleggers! Can't hear what you have to say about this rather splendid link.
  • Weird: I was there on Saturday checking this out. That museum is one of the coolest places EVER. The exhibition itself wowed me less than the permanent collection, but was still lovely.
  • Great links, as ever, thankyou.
  • Are cells really those pretty colors, or it that due to stains used in magnification?
  • I'm guessing stains.