On Sep 24 2004, 7:27, Ed Kelleher wrote:
> Is the Museum of Automata still open in York (England)?
> Fascinating place that had all sorts of mechanical marvels like this.
> I remember an archer that would pull an arrow out of his quiver,
shoot it
> at a target, then retrieve the arrow and shoot again - all
mechanical.
> Amazing stuff.
Claude's Museum of Automata - no. Sadly, it closed after suffering
storm damage some years ago. It was up for sale for a while, but there
didn't seem to be any takers. I don't know what eventually happened to
the contents, but that's why you won't see it on the web :-(
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Fri Sep 24 2004 - 12:12:31 BST