Trains at Franklin Institute

We visited the Franklin Institute in February.  I shared about the wonderful Terracotta Warrior exhibit last month.

Here is another exhibit we visited there.

Someone's great idea for an engine that went totally awry.  Read below.

The engine was enormous ...

especially when compared to this one.

This engine below was also donated to the museum purported to be a particular model.  Closer inspection by museum staff determined that it had none of the original parts of the engine it was supposed to be!

Here's another form of locomotion!

High above the museum's atrium.

Dan paid 2 bucks to ride it.

No waiver of liability required.

He said it was strange to be going backward at first since he had no sense of where it would stop abruptly.

I took the photos and did not need a ride.  No thanks!

Are You This Kind of Collector?

Do you have a room in your home that looks like this?

I imagine not.  But as you'll read at the end it was not unusual in the home of a nobleman in the 17th century.

What kind of collecting do you do?

When we downsized to move here I took one or two items from each of the many collections I had.

Photos from the Walters Art Museum

Suspense!

Hanging over head when you walk into the Baltimore Museum of Art are these suspended orbs.

I cannot fathom how they were assembled - there are supporting wires in every conceivable direction!

Going Cruising

As you read this Dan and I are on a river cruise on the Rhine River.

We flew to Amsterdam today, boarded the AmaStella for a week long cruise upstream to Basel, Switzerland with AmaWaterways.  

Lots to share upon my return.