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         I think this is a personal choice, as Ted and Beryl suggest
and perhaps not even  "Ever" but . . .

        I'd suggest an exhibit that I first saw at Science Museum of
Minnesota (probably an oft replicated exhibit)  and I am not sure
what it is called but it is a tube that can be evacuated with a
vacuum pump. You turn it upside down and see a feather and a stone
falling, together, in a vacuum and in then in air, separately, after
you open a valve to the outside and repeat the turning.  It was
something that I had been taught about but never observed until then.
Astounding, for me, connection between theory and practical.

Martin

>What are the most popular "people grabbing" exhibits in museums today?
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>* What are your two most popular exhibits?
>* In 2 sentences - what's makes them good?
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