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Originally Posted by Rob_K
Don't stop there Wavytone - Greenwich itself has been taken over by SteamPunk, with Flamsteed House subtitled "Longitude Punk'd" (groan) and housing a display of intricate, fake, imaginary time-associated machinery & gadgets created by the SteamPunk movement. The real things are in a dingy box of a room downstairs, if you get that far. This is what happens when the Arts takes over Science, where style and display is more important than content. It's a problem in museums all over the world, Australia included.
Greenwich has within it one of the greatest stories of all - time itself - but there is no coherent experience of it at the observatory. And there are many untold stories. For instance, the 2nd Astronomer Royal, Edmond Halley, gets one little signboard that essentially says he did a lot of measurements but some were a bit suss. That's it?! 
Cheers - |
Sad isn't it. "Steampunk" is quite likely the most annoying modern trend, outside of Facebook that is!
Malcolm
PS Sorry about hijacking the thread Bo!