Stairs Collapse in the Museum :O

Huggles

Bloody Hell

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Wishbone Ash

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055116836

John Mason

just read that a few mins. ago in the "Region - Dublin " - that mental (yes, pighead mental)

Gator

Seems like old news, you might even say history:D

Sorry, I was actually going to go there last week, the museum need a complete revamp anyway, this should prove it to them

seamus

Lucky no-one was killed, I'd say those stairs are pretty high.

That's gonna cost the museum in insurance.

I wonder which Government minister will be blamed for this? :rolleyes:

Huggles

Wishbone Ash wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055116836

Oops sure we can put our very own after hours spin on it.....

The Hill Billy

irishbird wrote:

just read that a few mins. ago in the "Region - Dublin " - that mental (yes, pighead mental)

Nice one! I'll be watching in case he starts giving you grief again.

Linford

I was there only last weekend with my 1 year old daughter, place is a but of a dump and the stuffed animals have seen better days, only thing good about it was that it is free...

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Linford wrote:

the stuffed animals have seen better days

Eh, yeah, like when they were alive?

seansouth

seansouth wrote:

Eh, yeah, like when they were alive?

Hah.. thats classic.

whiskeyman

I brought my pet mammoth to the Natural History Museum the other week.
They let me in, but told him to get stuffed....

little miss

That's insane! OMG! It is a bit of a dump inside though. And also quite scary...

Nevyn

I only had my kdis there a while back, the building is very old.
Hopefully it won't be long before it is restored and reopened.

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Were any of the museum pieces damaged?

whiskeyman

:eek:

Gardai are fearing the worst, as they've found lots of bones at the disaster area...

Jimoslimos

I hope they're taking steps to ensure nothing like this ever happens again;)

neuro-praxis

A dump? That's an amazing museum! Hopefully it will get a bit of money pumped into it now!

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neuro-praxis wrote:

A dump? That's an amazing museum! Hopefully it will get a bit of money pumped into it now!

It needs an injection of cash alright, but they better not change a thing!! It's an amazing museum. It is what a real museum should be, before they introduced all these animatronic dinosaurs and plastic models, etc (e.g London natural History Museum- amazing building structurally, but the museum itself is too hollywood). If I wanted to see fake dinosaurs I'd go to the movies!!

The Natural History Museum in Oxford is also stunning, well worth a visit for the Dodo alone!

Ironically though, it has been the historic lack of funding to the museum in Dublin that has allowed it stay so untouched. It is a "museum of a museum" and long may it remain as it is....although fix the stairs obviously!!

It suffers from a lack of funding because a relatively low number of people actually bother to visit. If you've never, been I urge you, take a trip.

A Random Walk

It really is a museum of a museum. It has exhibits that say things like "This was the last tiger of its species and was expertly shot by General Walter Murphy Higginbottom in British East Africa".

Thrill

From the sounds of it, those stairs were as old as the exhibits. Glad no-one was badly injured though.
You'll probably see lots of psychological damage appear.

MooseJam

nice museum , plus it's free, about the only free thing in Dublin these days, perhaps this will lead to some renovations

Binomate

So a stair case collapsed on a plane in Galway because of a big gust of wind, in a museum which caused it to crash and float out to sea with 91 boats and a bunch of kids.

whiskeyman

Binomate wrote:

So a stair case collapsed on a plane in Galway because of a big gust of wind, in a museum which caused it to crash and float out to sea with 91 boats and a bunch of kids.

If Lidl did the news...

doctor evil

I hope they don`t decide to change the character of the museum, it has an amazing Victorian quality within itself. From what I gathered off Teletext was that the stair case was a structure not normally used by the public.

WindSock

tis a rickety place indeed. The things in there are so funny looking. Like pre loved teddys. Still though, I'll think twice next time I'm told it can't hurt to go to Museums.

honru

I'm not surprised. Those stairs at the Natural History Museum are/were so dodgy and it was bound to happen sooner than later. Good thing the whole building didn't collapse.

Nala

i went to the museum for the first time in years today and was told ut was shut by a bangarda, was wondering why there were so many guards around, now i know why!

John Mason

i go there a bit, its a brilliant musuem and they got a new stuffed giraffe a few years ago - it will be a shame if they change it now

DublinWriter

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I'm not surprised. Those stairs at the Natural History Museum are/were so dodgy and it was bound to happen sooner than later. Good thing the whole building didn't collapse.

I was there last year, killing some time before a meeting, and I remember going up the stairs there to the higher mezzanine levels at the back thinking to myself that the stairs were pretty rickedy.

phasers

wonder how long it'll take for the neckbraces and crutches to come out of the wardrobes?
"psychological damage" can be a real cash cow

the natural history museum was long overdue for a revamp anyway
it's rubbish, Collins Barracks' military history exhibit is where it's at

DublinWriter

phasers wrote:

the natural history museum was long overdue for a revamp anyway it's rubbish, Collins Barracks' military history exhibit is where it's at

I wouldn't say that it's rubbish, it's more of a museum of a museum, more by accident of underfunding than design, but it still remains a very interesting curio.

I went to the British Natural History Museum in Kensington a few years back and that was rubbish. Barely anything 'real' on display and the place was full of interactive touchscreen 'exhibits' designed to cater for children in what I'd call a very patronising way. I was hugely disappointed.

There was very little to actually see, considering the vast size of the British Natural History Musuem. At least our own is packed to the gills with interesting stuff and real exhibits.

I also agree with you re Collins Barracks. Fantastic and under-visited.