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Does anyone have any experience creating and/or running programs with  
an interactive mummy? (i.e. a life-sized doll or mannequin with  
removable organs that visitors can use to go through the steps of  
mummification). Right now we're just looking for general ideas and  
advice on how to create and implement something like this. We already  
have a mannequin torso with head to use as a starting point. It will  
be part of the school program for an Egyptian exhibit as part of the  
San Francisco State University Museum Studies program. I know they  
have something like this at the Field Museum in Chicago and will try  
to contact them. (Anyone from the Field Museum reading this? Can we  
chat?)

Apart from general advice, I'm also looking for ideas on how to make  
a good life-sized (or slightly smaller) model of the human intestines  
to pull out of our mummy. This will be handled over and over, so has  
to be durable, and should also be sanitary and not too messy, so  
using pig's intestines or such would not really be an option. I was  
thinking of stuffed panty hose or a cloth or rubber tube, but I  
appreciate any and all suggestions. Perhaps there's some way to get a  
good "squishy" effect without any "sliminess"?

Reply on or off list, whichever you prefer.

Thanks!
Anna Hurst
SFSU Museum Studies student


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Anna Hurst
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94112
415-337-1100 ext. 108
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