The partnership with the Heirs of Rube Goldberg will premiere in October 2018 and will be available for rent following its Pittsburgh run.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh joins with Rube Goldberg heirs for new exhibit
The partnership with the Heirs of Rube Goldberg will premiere in October 2018 and will be available for rent following its Pittsburgh run.
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I will be going to this exhibit when it is opened next October. I learned about Rube Goldberg when I was in the fourth grade and I was immediately mesmerized by them. When I was that age, I wanted to grow up to be an inventor, and I loved to build contraptions and draw out blueprints and make things. I built Rube Goldbergs with an extracurricular engineering group, for state science competitions, and a few on my own just for kicks. I think it is so cool how Goldberg combined engineer and imagination and art to create these quirky comics. Making something so simple into a complicated mechanical task makes it so apparent how menial the task is. My favorite thing about Rube Goldbergs is seeing how all the little, weird actions come together to complete the final task. Like the article mentions, these cartoons evoke problem solving skills and creativity, two things that are fantastic to be exposing to children. Plus the cartoons are something enjoyable by all ages. I cannot wait to see how the museum brings Goldberg's creation to life and how I'll be able to interact with the exhibit.
Rube Goldberg machines have always fascinated me, and whenever I start to watch one, I simply cannot stop. I have to see what journey the ball (or any object that is used) goes through, how it interacts with other elements of the machine, and although I know it is going to kill the class of 2021, I am very excited to work on creating a Rube Goldberg machine. Unfortunately, I was unable to see this exhibit when Katie went, but I heard about it and I saw lots of pictures from the events that took place, and I am glad to hear it was a success. I did not know before reading this article that Rube Goldberg drew thousands of cartoons, but I can just imagine how complex they were and the details that went into them, and I really enjoyed the image the article showed of one of his cartoons.
This article seems to be talking about a Pittsburgh Children's Museum that features a Rube Goldberg inspired exhibit. Recently, as some of you may know, my class did the first Rube Goldberg project in Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in the past few years, and it was definitely.. interesting. In this article, it talks about a Goldberg hair, his granddaughter specifically, that brings Rube's vision to life in a 3D form in the museum. Jane Werner was the executive director of the exhibit and it looks like this exhibit in 2017 was very interesting. Apparently, it looks like this was one of the most interactive Rube Goldberg exhibitions to date, I wonder if children could actually interact with a machine itself. I feel like this would inspire a lot of creative problem solving skills at a young age.I would have loved to visit and exhibit like this, probably more than creating a machine myself. Nonetheless, the machine we made will have to do.
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