[Ansteorra] Lord of the Rings exhibit in Houston this summer

[richard at duke.sca.org]

My wife and kids and I visited this exhibition at the UK National Museum 
of Science in London during our Nov 2003 trip.   It is more in some 
areas than you would expect and less in others.  The detail of the armor 
is excellent and passes the 10 foot rule, with some passing the 3 foot 
rule.  There are good exhibits on how they worked the size issue with 
the hobbits and several audio/video exhibits, like one on the program 
simulating individuals in a large scale battle.  All of the costumes are 
there.  However, Smegol/Golleum has a very minimal display and the one 
ring display is sorta hokey.  I'd give it four swords out of five.  It 
is definitely worth seeing and my wife and kids were worn out and ready 
to leave before I was, but it is not amazingly over the top awesome.

Regards,
Duke Richard
Rosenfeld

Hillary Greenslade wrote:

>Greetings 
>It's officially up on the Museum of Nat'l Science website: 
>EXHIBITION DATES:- 5 June - 28 August 2005
>VENUE: Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX 77030
>http://www.hmns.org/index.asp
>
>Also, check out the exhibit official website at: 
>http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/rings/
>
>Another showing is setup at: 
>EXHIBITION DATES:- 6 October 2005 - 3 January 2006
>VENUE: Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN 46204
>http://www.indianamuseum.org 
>
>So, plan to tour around your SCA calendar this summer, and 
>be sure to book your tickets online in advance, as the lines will be 
>long for this one!  I understand many of lead swords were made
>by an SCA'er (or another historic group re-enactor) in New Zealand.  
>
>Cheers, Hillary 
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