That’s bad advice, since in my experience museums tend to be full of excited, eager disease-carriers — I mean, children — and a lot of museums are currently closing their doors and laying off staff. There are still museums with an online presence, though. Here’s a spider expert answering questions at the Burke Museum, and the Bell Museum has video tours of their exhibits. Tell your little disease-carriers kids to sit down and pretend they’re visiting a museum!
Hey, also, when this is all over, and when your finances have recovered…become a member of your nearest museum. They’re all hurting right now, too, and we should appreciate and support our local resources.
Akira MacKenzie says
In mid-February before this insanity got serious, I played hookie from the cube farm and visited the Milwaukee Public Museum. Took a few pictures. If I can find a place to post them would anyone be interested in viewing them?
rabbitbrush says
Here’s the link to the spider expert at the Burke Museum in Seattle, Rod Crawford, answering questions about spiders. PZ’s link is just a link to yootoob search.
chigau (違う) says
Akira
Sure. I like museums.
Tony! says
Speaking of online museum tours:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/03/17/museums-tour-virtually-closed-for-coronavirus/5067867002/
drew says
Burke link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htIHbKWCBQs
Everything is quiet and dark across the street at the Burke. I didn’t know there was Q&A there now I’m sure there are spiders.
Bruce Fuentes says
#1
Yes
Akira MacKenzie says
Ok, here we go:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ukNY6pQm8cE1HhoZ9
chigau (違う) says
Thanks, Akira.
Akira MacKenzie says
No problem, chigau. I could have sworn aimtook more there seems to be a whole other floor missing.
Akira MacKenzie says
Edit : I could have sworn I took more…
Pierce R. Butler says
In Gainesville (FL), the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention has launched email-based “Cade At Home”,
as well as “Radio Cade” – a set of 50+ podcasts on the lives and creations of “inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries”.
Toklineman says
It occurred to me yesterday that another employment sector greatly unemployed these days must be that of prostitution. They will have no customer base until the population has a sufficient proportion of plague survivors.