Tag: EMP
-
Video: ‘Star Trek’ shows its age – and agelessness – in EMP Museum’s 50th-anniversary exhibition
From several yards away, the bridge of the Starship Enterprise looks as if it was beamed down from the 23rd century into the “Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds” exhibition that opens Saturday at Seattle’s EMP Museum. But up close, you can tell it’s a 50-year-old movie prop, with rocker switches from the ’60s and bits of…
-
Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault
Storage shelves inside the EMP Museum vault I have seen the future. And it looks a bit ratty. “Futuristic Shades” from Waterworld That was my not-so-charitable reaction when I got up-close with eyewear from the 1995, post-apocalyptic Kevin Costner film Waterworld in EMP Museum’s collection. Though merely two decades old (from a film then said…