Yup. Tim Hunkin went for a last look around his Secret Life of the Home exhibition¹ at the London Science Museum and quite a few things were out of order; this may be because the exhibit was imminently closing, but my impression is that that's just the deal with mechanical exhibits - they break more often than the digital ones. Very likely it's one reason the screens are at the forefront.

¹ https://youtu.be/cqpvl-YGFD4

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incone123 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Similar thing at This Museum is (Not) Obsolete, in Ramsgate. Just so many things that can go wrong that you expect not everything will be working on your particular visit.

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TRiG_Ireland 4 days ago | parent [-]

That's a one-man passion project, isn't it? I follow Look Mum No Computer on YouTube.

	▲	incone123 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Might be a couple of people. I certainly don't hold it against them if a few things are out of service on any given day.

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Animats 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah, it's been "modernized". I like that museum. But you had to know the history of technology to appreciate it. There's Maudslay's lathe! Now it's been dumbed down.

	▲	dcminter 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think the Hunkin exhibit really did look a bit tired - I don't think it's necessarily unreasonable to try something else. After all, Secret Life only got its chance because they were willing to change something back then. If you like Tim's stuff you can always catch his Novelty Automation arcade over by Holborn. Highly recommended by me at least! I don't know how good the information transfer was at the London Science Museum way back when I was a kid; I remember excitedly spinning all the little brass handles and pushing the brass buttons on various teak cased devices, but I'm not sure I took much science home with me. Sci Fi, a home computer, and (much later) Bill Bryson's book informed me far more.