LotR Exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Knight of Gondor · 08-30-2004, 07:21 PM

I have had the fortune of finding cheap arms reproductions, and posess a pretty good Glamdring (hilt's a little loose), a very good Narsil, and a pretty good Ranger sword. I also have Sting (the leaf design is painted on the hilt, not carved), the Elven Dagger (black sheath, silver trim, not red and gold, and wood-grain handle, not maroon). And one very sharp but very inaccurate Legolas blade. (ONE?)

Anyway, just answering what you said about always longing to hold a sword, because I had the same longing and was able to fulfill it even on my low budget.

But I wanted to know, did they actually let you hold the weapons props? That doesn't seem like something they would do!

Child of the 7th Age · 08-30-2004, 10:17 PM

Apparently Boston isn't the only U.S. stop.

I spied the following notice on the OneRing.net website:

Quote:

Just came back from the Houston Museum of Natural Science, where to my delight I found out that the Lord of the Rings Exhibit will be shown in summer 2005......The Houston Museum of Natural Science web pages do not yet have the exhibit listed, but I verified it with several Museum workers.

I am hoping that this is true and will check into it the first chance I get.

Encaitare · 08-31-2004, 03:39 PM

Knight of Gondor-- it was only Glamdring they let you hold, and it wasn't the one used in the movie, I'm sure!

Child of the 7th Age-- that's awesome, I hope you go when it does come around. They were saying the exhibit's leaving the US when it's done in Boston, and I assumed that meant for good. Glad I was wrong!

Azaelia of Willowbottom · 09-01-2004, 10:49 AM

I went to the exhibit at the Science museum on Sunday... Oh how cool! I spent two hours in there and still didn't see everything I wanted to! I would have stayed longer, but the rest of my group wanted lunch. wimps. Just kidding. High point for me was the picture I bought of my friend and I sitting in the scale thing so that she looked really tall and I looked like a hobbit. Very cool.

I didn't get to watch all the movies they had playing of interviews and stuff...one of my friends or my brother was always dragging me off to look at something else. So I think it would be worth my money to go again and hit the stuff I didn't get to see. Holding the sword was awesome, even though I don't think it was the one used in the movie. It was still cool. I also got to try lifting this tiny chainmail shirt, that might have been too small for a hobbit...and it was really heavy...eek! I can't imagine having to actually wear a full-size version of real chainmail.

It was so much fun, and I think well worth the money...If you get a chance to go, take it!

I loved being surrounded by a ton of Tolkien fans...it was awesome because pretty much everyone in the exhibit with us I could be sure was there because they loved LOTR.

I wore my cape, and most of my friends that went along did as well. It was fun, even though it was really really hot and humid... walking around Boston in a cape...way too hot. But fun anyway

Laitoste · 09-02-2004, 08:18 PM

Oh, I really want to go! Unfortunately, I still live at home and my parents won't take me. And it was too far from New York City to make my aunt take me when I visited her. *Sniff*

Anyway, if it does come to Houston, I'm going. Definitely.

Encaitare · 09-02-2004, 08:56 PM

I hope you get to go, Laitoste! Fortunately the exhibit coincided perfectly with our vacation... lucky break for me, I guess!

Lady Snickerdoodle · 09-03-2004, 01:00 PM

omg!!!! i was gonna post an alert on this!! but i haven't been on in a while so nyah.
I got a brochure for my birthday but since the person who gave it to me was too stingy to pay for a trip there

I'm planning a trip up there with my own money. The brochure says Sean Astin's gonna be there on Oct. 15-16th!!!!! but the MoS told me in an email that the details "haven't been worked out yet" so just keep checking the site every day. Anyway I'm going up that weekend if he's gonna be there and if my parents let me, maybe see some of you guys?

08-30-2004, 07:21 PM	#1
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	Glamdring? I have had the fortune of finding cheap arms reproductions, and posess a pretty good Glamdring (hilt's a little loose), a very good Narsil, and a pretty good Ranger sword. I also have Sting (the leaf design is painted on the hilt, not carved), the Elven Dagger (black sheath, silver trim, not red and gold, and wood-grain handle, not maroon). And one very sharp but very inaccurate Legolas blade. (ONE?) Anyway, just answering what you said about always longing to hold a sword, because I had the same longing and was able to fulfill it even on my low budget. But I wanted to know, did they actually let you hold the weapons props? That doesn't seem like something they would do! __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

09-01-2004, 10:49 AM	#4
Azaelia of Willowbottom Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: By the Sea Posts: 446	I went to the exhibit at the Science museum on Sunday... Oh how cool! I spent two hours in there and still didn't see everything I wanted to! I would have stayed longer, but the rest of my group wanted lunch. wimps. Just kidding. High point for me was the picture I bought of my friend and I sitting in the scale thing so that she looked really tall and I looked like a hobbit. Very cool. I didn't get to watch all the movies they had playing of interviews and stuff...one of my friends or my brother was always dragging me off to look at something else. So I think it would be worth my money to go again and hit the stuff I didn't get to see. Holding the sword was awesome, even though I don't think it was the one used in the movie. It was still cool. I also got to try lifting this tiny chainmail shirt, that might have been too small for a hobbit...and it was really heavy...eek! I can't imagine having to actually wear a full-size version of real chainmail. It was so much fun, and I think well worth the money...If you get a chance to go, take it! I loved being surrounded by a ton of Tolkien fans...it was awesome because pretty much everyone in the exhibit with us I could be sure was there because they loved LOTR. I wore my cape, and most of my friends that went along did as well. It was fun, even though it was really really hot and humid... walking around Boston in a cape...way too hot. But fun anyway __________________ "Wherever I have been, I am back."

09-02-2004, 08:18 PM	#5
Laitoste Wight Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Behind the hills Posts: 164	Oh, I really want to go! Unfortunately, I still live at home and my parents won't take me. And it was too far from New York City to make my aunt take me when I visited her. Sniff Anyway, if it does come to Houston, I'm going. Definitely. __________________ "If we're still alive in the morning, we'll know that we're not dead."~South Park

09-03-2004, 01:00 PM	#7
Lady Snickerdoodle Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in the cookie jar Posts: 256	omg!!!! i was gonna post an alert on this!! but i haven't been on in a while so nyah. I got a brochure for my birthday but since the person who gave it to me was too stingy to pay for a trip there I'm planning a trip up there with my own money. The brochure says Sean Astin's gonna be there on Oct. 15-16th!!!!! but the MoS told me in an email that the details "haven't been worked out yet" so just keep checking the site every day. Anyway I'm going up that weekend if he's gonna be there and if my parents let me, maybe see some of you guys? __________________ "Let me handle this, I'm British." ~hitchhikers guide

08-31-2004, 03:39 PM	#3
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Knight of Gondor-- it was only Glamdring they let you hold, and it wasn't the one used in the movie, I'm sure! Child of the 7th Age-- that's awesome, I hope you go when it does come around. They were saying the exhibit's leaving the US when it's done in Boston, and I assumed that meant for good. Glad I was wrong!

09-02-2004, 08:56 PM	#6
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	I hope you get to go, Laitoste! Fortunately the exhibit coincided perfectly with our vacation... lucky break for me, I guess!