tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post2634531245196178628..comments2024-01-16T17:40:13.951-05:00Comments on Somewhere in NJ: Dead stuff on displayLauraHinNJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-83713528012253256322008-04-01T17:45:00.000-05:002008-04-01T17:45:00.000-05:00Lynne: For the sake of study, I can see the benefi...Lynne: For the sake of study, I can see the benefit of them; how else would one get such a close look? But yeah.. creepy.<BR/><BR/>Cathy: Never mind what it would look like, what would you do with it?<BR/><BR/>Bobbie: Your comment reminded me of one part of the museum that I missed - the Audubon gallery - darn!<BR/><BR/>Monarch: Yeah. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Mary: They were pretty, yeah.<BR/><BR/>Ruth: Oh! There's lots of neat things to do in the city - enjoy your trip!<BR/><BR/>Delia: I think with this one it's just that it's so very old, you know? I've heard some of the more recent things are a bit brighter.<BR/><BR/>Larry: I like the marsh one also.<BR/><BR/>KGMom: I'd heard the sea mammals were great, but didn't have time for that.<BR/><BR/>The city is too much for me - too much noise and too many people. Overstimulates me.<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>Rick: Hi. Thanks for making that important point that'd escaped me!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the article link, also. Great reading.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-56999228689041217062008-03-27T23:03:00.000-05:002008-03-27T23:03:00.000-05:00Wow--these comments surprise me. Remember the Juic...Wow--these comments surprise me. Remember the Juice Newton song? "I have never been afraid of muuu-see-uums!"<BR/><BR/>There are two important things to remember: the public exhibits aren't really the museum, and if not for the "real" collections behind the scenes, we birders wouldn't know much of anything about birds. I wrote an article about this a few years ago (in Birding, I think?), and there is a little snippet about a visit with a workshop group here: http://tucsonaudubon.org/birding/article14.htm<BR/><BR/>Get to know museums, and you'll find them great places for birding!<BR/><BR/>RickRick Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02801813993105953852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-85734562760657212982008-03-25T09:08:00.000-05:002008-03-25T09:08:00.000-05:00How interesting that you don't like to go to NYC. ...How interesting that you don't like to go to NYC. When our daughter was living in Manhattan, I loved going there. She is a super guide to whatever place, plus being an art history person she was our tour guide to the museums I love--art museums.<BR/>I tend to avoid natural history museums, although I've been to the one in NYC--mostly to see the sea mammals hall.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-80421780610470887502008-03-24T21:40:00.000-05:002008-03-24T21:40:00.000-05:00I don't like the look of dead birds but I do look ...I don't like the look of dead birds but I do look at them anyway.-Those paintings are really nice-2 is my favorite but 1 has some really nice colors.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955054342034509500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-47140505333699666062008-03-24T12:10:00.000-05:002008-03-24T12:10:00.000-05:00Ugh--I'm reading RTP's Wild America, and throughou...Ugh--I'm reading RTP's Wild America, and throughout, he meets up with a couple of people who are "collecting specimens" of one or another kind of bird. I just cringe and try to read really fast through those parts. Ick. And why are those museums always so dark and creepy?!dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1856822151388056372008-03-24T08:20:00.000-05:002008-03-24T08:20:00.000-05:00I am going to NYC the first week of June for the f...I am going to NYC the first week of June for the first time and am trying to narrow down my choices of what to see. This looks great.(I am going with my three daughters and I do believe we will have to split up at times :-O)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-28471494531366140222008-03-24T04:56:00.000-05:002008-03-24T04:56:00.000-05:00I'd prefer the color, too, Laura. The habitat dior...I'd prefer the color, too, Laura. The habitat dioramas are much more pleasing to the eye... <BR/><BR/>The bird specimens did look dull and icky. Yes, creepy.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-66480614069070843462008-03-23T20:13:00.000-05:002008-03-23T20:13:00.000-05:00I have always wanted to visit the Museum of Natura...I have always wanted to visit the Museum of Natural History! Looks like a neat place with all the dead things and all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-15425244777431601552008-03-23T17:26:00.000-05:002008-03-23T17:26:00.000-05:00I like the marsh birds.But no, I don't care for ta...I like the marsh birds.<BR/>But no, I don't care for taxidermy in general. Even when I look at Audubon's gorgeous pictures, I keep remembering that he killed and stuffed them.<BR/><BR/>Happy Easter. and Peace.bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658103343742852411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-80663691648331006392008-03-23T16:20:00.000-05:002008-03-23T16:20:00.000-05:00Oh my. Those diorama are lovely. I do share your...Oh my. Those diorama are lovely. <BR/><BR/>I do share your icky feeling about stuffed specimens. Yet, just yesterday, my brother and I were bemoaning the fact that our mother tossed out Great Grandpa's stuffed pheasant when they moved 30 years ago. <BR/><BR/>(imagine the shape it'd be in if she'd kept it . . . still . . . :0)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-49393964866616444022008-03-22T23:25:00.000-05:002008-03-22T23:25:00.000-05:00I remember the ornithology class I took in college...I remember the ornithology class I took in college, there was a beautifull, enormous old cabinet with hundreds of wide, flat drawers. In the drawers were thousands of stuffed birds, each in a glass or plastic tube. YUCK! They were lifeless and shaped like torpedos.<BR/><BR/>Not my way to learn.<BR/><BR/>Happy Easter though!Lynne at Hasty Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-33210065160524265512008-03-22T23:01:00.000-05:002008-03-22T23:01:00.000-05:00Seabrooke: Hi! I'd imagine those white background...Seabrooke: Hi! I'd imagine those white backgrounds to be pretty boring! I'd much rather be able to get a sense of the bird in it's habitat - makes it more appealing to non-birders also, I think.<BR/><BR/>Susan: Yeah... me too. I think for people who don't know birds tho, displays like this might be useful if they're appealing.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-72359694372756347282008-03-22T22:23:00.000-05:002008-03-22T22:23:00.000-05:00I'm not much for stuffed things either...unless it...I'm not much for stuffed things either...unless it was something wonderful like a Carolina parakeet or an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-82560802112042561492008-03-22T22:22:00.000-05:002008-03-22T22:22:00.000-05:00I'm not a big fan of museums in general, I suppose...I'm not a big fan of museums in general, I suppose because the static nature of the displays doesn't tend to hold my attention for long periods. However, I do really like dioramas, especially when they're well done. The Royal Ontario Museum here in Toronto had a few dioramas I liked, back in my schoolkid days when we'd visit the museum regularly. I haven't been there in a while, but last time I was chatting with the curator of birds (who is a birder and so I see out of museum context from time to time), he said dioramas are falling out of favour and are being replaced by clean white-background displays. I don't know why; I saw a couple of the new displays when I happened to be there for an event, and had to say I liked the old ones better. Fake vegetation would be hard to keep clean of dust, I suppose. The ones in your photos are lovely. Can you imagine the time that goes into making those paintings?Seabrookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09400079400485962650noreply@blogger.com