In a message dated 12/11/04 6:06:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> I managed to get into an exhibition in Canberra last year - just by chance
> I
> found it was on, (Petronella Wensing's display),
> but the previous Lace Exhibition was some 8 or 9 (or more) years ago, when
> we had a 3 hour trip to view some lace - but it was nearly dark in the room,
>
> so as not to bother the lace - never mind people who went there could hardly
>
> see it!!!
>
Dear Lacemakers,
There is a solution to this, and I think I've mentioned on Arachne before.
Whenever I go to a museum, I carry a small pen light. This is a small
flashlight ("torch" to those in the U.K.) about the size of a large marker pen.
I
turn it on only when actually looking at a detail, and do it discretely. (Do
not make a big production of using it.) I've not had problems with museum
guards. Smile, be soft-spoken and polite if a guard asks about it, and he will
probably let you continue to use it.
In a Budapest museum last Summer, we would have missed the lovely beading on
a lace costume entirely, had I not had this little solution with me.
It's also nice for use in country inns, where they turn off the hall lights
in the evenings to conserve electricity, which happened to me in Switzerland.
And, it came in handy in China 18 years ago - when we got off coaches at night
in places with no streetlights. Not to mention the wisdom of having it handy
in any hotel room - on the night stand, or wherever. When my embroidery
group in New Jersey met in a library's basement conference room, I always had
one
of these flashlights in a pocket, in case the lights went out. This is one of
those things to carry along with you for use in many circumstances.
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace & Embroidery Resource Center
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