Museum Needs VSF Adventures

[HarmonWard]

We need Colonial Era games and/or Adventure or Sci-Fi games with a Victorian Era flair that will allow and interactive/conversational experience for the attendees. Standard museum displays are static and sometimes boring, our dynamic dioramas bring the personal touch to the Muzeo. During the Napoleon Exhibit most Facebook or Blog posts featured photographs of our games.

http://www.muzeo.org/home.php
This October 15th a unique exhibit opens up in the Muzeo in Anaheim.

The Queen's Gallery
October 15 - January 8, 2012
Overview
Step into the magic and splendor of The Queen's Gallery, a remarkable exhibition of art from the Victorian era. Making its world premiere at MUZEO, the exhibition includes more than 400 pieces, which collectively weave together a story of artistic and literary triumphs and social and political upheaval. Paintings, walking sticks, weapons, personal objects of art, and rare books create a cultural landmark exhibition from the private collection of Dr. Howard and Linda Knohl, two passionate and highly respected collectors from Southern California.

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Steampunk: History Beyond Imagination
Opening October 15 - 2011

When you enter the world of Steampunk: History Beyond Imagination you enter a world where the future shakes hands with the past, and where humanity's innovative nature inspires future generations to do the impossible. Premiering at MUZEO, the exhibition is a fantastic and factual account of how the 19th Century's inventive thinkers and writers launched mankind into the 20th Century – and beyond. Steampunk: History Beyond Imagination features biographical information and artifacts from the Victorian era's greatest visionary writers, and the scientific giants they inspired. Writers like H.G.Wells, Jules Verne, and Edgar Allan Poe pushed the limits of scientific thought with their fiction and pavedthe way for inventors and thinkers like Nikola Tesla, Ada Lovelace, Sigmund Freud and even Albert Einstein. These authors' works have been transformed into
iconic films featuring imagery that has inspired the genre. The exhibit will feature artwork, photos and props from some of these films – including replicas of The Nautilus from "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" (1954) and an electric gun from the same film.

We need Colonial Era games and/or Adventure or Sci-Fi games with a Victorian Era flair that will allow and interactive/conversational experience for the attendees. Standard museum displays are static and sometimes boring, our dynamic dioramas bring the personal touch to the Muzeo. During the Napoleon Exhibit most Facebook or Blog posts featured photographs of our games.

St. Crispin's Irregulars of the Historical Miniature Gaming Society cannot man this exhibit during the 12 week run all by ourselves. We will be overwhelmed, surrounded, cut off and defeated in detail. With groups and clubs from the HMGS/PSW backing us up, we can emerge victorious and reinvigorated with reinforcements collected on the march forward. Please check your schedules and let me know which day/weekend you will be available to host a game.


Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon.

Harmon Ward
HMGS/PSW Vice President

[HarmonWard]

The grand opening was indeed grand. Hundreds of visitors showed up to tour both exhibits, "The Queen's Gallery" and "Steampunk:History Beyond Imagination". We set up the Siege of Khartoum in the theater. Rod Galati's collection looked incredible and fit in well with the priceless antiques in the muse Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens graced us with their presence and enjoyed the detailed layout of Khartoum and the surrounding desert. They may have been actors but with the Time Machine being exhibited in the Carnegie Building next door, we couldn't be sure.
Steam Man was there and was also quite impressed with Rod Galati's collection Khartoum collection. Steam Man is a steam animated "miniature" himself and is 8' tall at 1:1 scale!

[Sterling Moose]

Impressive!

[Chairface]

Very very cool! Love the steam man.

[HarmonWard]

Saturday, November 12th The Olde Ship British Pub set up shop at the Muzeo in Anaheim for their Beerfest and the HMGS/PSW was there! The fish and chips, chowder and beer were great, The Queen's Gallery was incredible and .. oh yeah, there was a historical miniature wargame.

Larry Stehle brought out a expertly painted colonial army with hordes of Mahdi and Fuzzy Wuzzy troops to re-fight The Battle of Zaremba. With the 1939 movie showing on the Muzeo theaters big screen the panorama of the Egyptian desert on the table top became a natural extension of the action. Joe and Jeff showed up specifically to play the game, having read about in in the museum's press release. Other young people soon joined in a before long dozens of people were crowded around to take part in the action. We handed out over 50 flyers that told the attendees about the HMGS/PSW and our local club, The St. Crispin's Irregulars. A grand time was had by all and the Muzeo visitor got a little glimpse of the fun that historical wargamers share on the tabletop battlefield.

[The_Beast]

Be sure to let us know when Steam Man is available either in 15mm or 28mm. Not sure I can afford 1:1. ;->=

Cracking good time had by all, it seems!

Wish I'd been there... 

Doug

[HarmonWard]

The historical part of the exhibit is drawing to a close but the Steampunk building will be open until the weekend after Jules Vernes birthday. Our Maiwand Battle was well received by the public, as was the Boxer Rebellion,  The Four Feathers and Khartoum.

http://www.hmgspsw.org/