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"How People Make Things" is an NSF funded traveling exhibition produced by the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in collaboration with UPCLOSE http://upclose.lrdc.pitt.edu/ and Family Communications, the producers of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
Through hands-on interactive exhibits, demonstrations, and factory tour videos, visitors can explore the basic processes in manufacturing used to make things - cutting, molding, deforming and assembly. |
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Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems
see http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibitions/hillman.htm for info on this hall of the museum |
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This is a photo of the inside of my late Grandpa Stubbs's jewelry store in Chaffee, MO. After Grandpa retired from being a jeweler, he kept the store and filled the display cases with various items he collected as well as many handicrafts that he and my Grandma Stubbs had created. I have always loved visiting Grandpa's store--you never know what interesting curiosities you might find.
Grandpa was an amazing person. He contracted polio as a boy, and his mother wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt for help. Mrs. Roosevelt arranged for then six-year-old Grandpa to receive treatment at Warm Springs, Georgia, the same place where President Roosevelt received treatment, for free. Grandpa worked very hard and was eventually able to walk with just one brace, instead of two, and a cane. After high school, Grandpa went to school to become jeweler, and he owned and operated this jewelry store for more than 50 years. After he retired, he filled the cases with things that he and Grandma collected and made at the 49 Elder Hostels they attended together. If you'd like to read a little more about my Grandpa Stubbs's life, his obituary is at: http://www.semissourian.com/story/1453457.html Now that Grandpa and Grandma have passed away, it's not entirely clear what will happen to the store. Probably everything will be taken down and our family will try to sell the property. I am very happy that I could take this GigaPan to preserve our family history. |
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360-degree panoramic view of the Dinosaurs In Their Time exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. |
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Taken through a window from the 36th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. |
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Cockpit of the Antonov An-2 at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur Airport (1H0). This remarkable STOL (short takeoff and landing) aircraft is the largest single-engine biplane ever produced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-2 http://www.historicaircraftrestorationmuseum.org/ |
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The Presepio, an intricately created and set up Christmas scene at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. |
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Hangar 2 of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur Airport (1H0), a hidden treasure of St. Louis, MO. Many of these vintage aircraft are in flying condition. Hangar tours ($10, weekends) are a must for plane fans anywhere near the St. Louis area. |
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The George C. Page Museum at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles.
Basically a lake made out of tar. Animals thinking it was water would get stuck in the tar and never come out. Hundreds of wolves were recovered from the black goo. |
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April 5, 2009 view from the southwest corner of the Central Park reservoir. |