Mary Blair VS. Buckminster Fuller - Beyond Tiki

FZ Feelin Zombified Tiki Socialite The Exotic Shores of Lake St. Clair Joined: Jul 15, 2003 Posts: 1340	FZ Feelin Zombified Posted posted on Wed, Dec 28, 2005 8:00 PM I finally got off my gingerbread & eggnog-stuffed behind and made it over to the Henry Ford Museum before the close of the Disneyland: Behind The Magic exhibit. I've been putting it off and realized it's closing in 2 days. The exhibit should be in San Francisco in early 2006, so consider this a heads up. Items of note: an original Enchanted Tiki Room sign, Tahitian Terrace menu, tiki-related concept paintings & renderings, etc. However, one of the best parts was the 5 or so original Mary Blair works from Small World which I really got to view close up. Very much worth seeking out this tour. As an added bonus, since my last visit the Henry Ford Museum has added Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House. I knew they bought it in 1992, but didn't know it was installed. They took the parts from the 2 prototypes that were originally built and pieced together one house. One thing that struck my funny... Whenever you see classic footage of the future homes of tomorrow and you see all of the automatic moving shelves and gizmo's, you never hear just how loud and clangy they really are in person. -Z

I finally got off my gingerbread & eggnog-stuffed behind and made it over to the Henry Ford Museum before the close of the Disneyland: Behind The Magic exhibit. I've been putting it off and realized it's closing in 2 days. The exhibit should be in San Francisco in early 2006, so consider this a heads up. Items of note: an original Enchanted Tiki Room sign, Tahitian Terrace menu, tiki-related concept paintings & renderings, etc. However, one of the best parts was the 5 or so original Mary Blair works from Small World which I really got to view close up. Very much worth seeking out this tour.

As an added bonus, since my last visit the Henry Ford Museum has added Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House. I knew they bought it in 1992, but didn't know it was installed. They took the parts from the 2 prototypes that were originally built and pieced together one house. One thing that struck my funny... Whenever you see classic footage of the future homes of tomorrow and you see all of the automatic moving shelves and gizmo's, you never hear just how loud and clangy they really are in person.

-Z

Post #204809 by Feelin Zombified on Wed, Dec 28, 2005 8:00 PM