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As my linguistics professor Dr. James Macris used to say, "puns are the 
lowest form of humor, and the highest form of language".

I hope things go great in the new location!  I heard that the Palace was 
never meant to last this long and was a maintenance headache, but I had 
some great times at the Exploratorium there, it was pretty magical.

- Lorne


On 1/3/2013 11:08 AM, Beryl Rosenthal wrote:
> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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> Matthew, I think all those years stuck on Mt. Washington finally got to you (!)
> Beryl
>
> On Jan 2, 2013, at 10:14 PM, Matthew White wrote:
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> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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> A peerless institution with two piers?
>
> That's quite a pair-a-docks.
>
> Congratulations to the Exploratorium for decades of great programs that makes such growth possible and exciting.
>
> Matthew White
> On Jan 2, 2013, at 8:34 PM, Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> Hi Claire,
>
> The Exploratorium has always been without peer, but now you'll have two
> piers!
>
> Good luck with the march to April!
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> Paul Orselli, President and Chief Instigator
>
> Paul Orselli Workshop (POW!)
> World Headquarters
> 1684 Victoria Street
> Baldwin, NY  11510
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> (516) 223-1043
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> POW! website
> <http://www.orselli.net>
>
> Exhibit tips + tricks at the ExhibiTricks blog:
> <http://blog.orselli.net/>
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>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Claire Pillsbury <
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues,
> As many of you already know, the Exploratorium is moving from the beloved
> Palace of Fine Arts building in San Francisco to Pier 15 & 17 on the SF
> waterfront.  Today is our last day open at this location for the public,
> after more than forty years it will be a big change but one we are
> looking
> forward to - our new building, a converted industrial warehouse is
> beautiful!  (Open April 17)
>
> The media has done a number of wonderful stories looking at our past and
> future -- the link below is a particularly nice tv news story that
> includes
> some great archival footage.
>
> A look back at how SF's *Exploratorium* came to
> be<
>
> http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story%3Fsection%3Dnews/assignment_7%26id%3D8938883&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAk5uPhwVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=MOHzChK9KMI&usg=AFQjCNEEEgnaXKPASWp9-s7CBidralbJww
>
> abc7news.com<http://abc7news.com>
> SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- If you want to get a last look at San Francisco's
> *
> Exploratorium* while it's still at the Palace of Fine Arts, you only have
> one day
>
> --
> Claire Pillsbury
> Project Director
> Exploratorium
> 3601 Lyon St.
> San Francisco, CA 94123
>

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