Magic!

In nearly all museums, photography is more or less prohibited i.e. no flash, no tripod or just no photography at all. Not to mention that it is just too dark to take a correctly exposed photo. There is one exception the Flickr meetups at the Houston Museum of National Science.



At infrequent intervals an after hours meetup is organized at a new exhibit of the museum. We can bring our tripods and cameras and the museum opens up free of charge. The catch is that we ‘promise’ to post our photos on the Flickr group of HMNS. Flash photography was not allowed. I was wondering what the problem is with flash photography. It turns out that one flash photo causes as much damage to an item, as two years of exposure from the sun.

The latest exhibit at HMNS is: Magic! The exhibit shows many objects which tell the story about the last few centuries of magic. Many objects were from the 20th century. The exhibit gives a very nice overview of the history of magic with many original objects. Usually an exhibit only shows non-living objects, this exhibit also features a magician.








Magic!
February 26 -September 6, 2010
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston Texas 77030-1799