To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:41:36 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] science fiction museum opens June 18
From: ronkean at juno.com
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/15/science/15muse.html

Making Science Fact, Now Chronicling Science Fiction
NYT June 15, 2004
By KENNETH CHANG

SEATTLE, June 10 -

...The $20 million creation of Paul G. Allen, co-founder of
Microsoft, the museum is nestled inside another Allen
museum, the Experience Music Project, in a twisted,
multihued building designed by Frank Gehry. The space
originally housed a hyperactive music ride called Artist's
Journey, but that turned out to be too expensive to operate
and was removed a year and a half ago.

The four galleries, spread over 13,000 square feet, explore
the history of science fiction, interstellar journeys,
futuristic worlds and aliens. On one wall is an armory of
imaginary weapons, from phasers to ray guns to the crossbow
used by Jane Fonda in "Barbarella." James Cameron lent a
full-size, 19-foot-long model of the Alien queen from his
1986 movie, "Aliens."

The museum has special effects, too, including a mock-up of
a space station whose portholes offer glimpses of craft
like the Millennium Falcon from "Star Wars," E.T.'s
spaceship and the U.S.S. Enterprise from "Star Trek"
zooming outside. And Mr. Allen has supplied some of his own
memorabilia: first editions of novels like H. G. Wells's
"Time Machine" and Captain Kirk's chair from the original
"Star Trek" series.

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