AMT Lab @ CMU: The National Comedy Center is the '“first non-profit institution and national-scale visitors experience dedicated to the art of comedy,” appealing to both fans and non-fans (Variety). The museum opened in 2018 and has already been praised as one of the best museum experiences in the country, holding a 5 star ranking on trip advisor. It is located in Jamestown, NY -a town with a population of around 30,000- the home of famed comedian Lucielle Ball. The museum has already welcomed over 600,000 visitors since its opening less than 2 years ago. After visiting the museum, I can testify that the museum lives up to its hype.
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I had never heard of this museum until I read this article. It sounds like a really cool place to go. I love that a museum which is about learning about the past is using modern technology to do it. Comedy is one of those art forms that really depends on the person. There is no comedian that everyone likes, but most art forms are like that. It seems to me though that with other art forms even though people don’t like it they can still appreciate it and say “it was good but I didn’t like it”, but for whatever reason with comedy it always seems to be that “it was good” or “it was bad” and if people didn’t laugh then they call it bad comedy even if other people find it hilarious. So an interactive museum for comedy makes a lot of sense. This allows people to appreciate the museum and what it has to offer without thinking all the comedy they were seeing was bad. I hate to admit it but I really haven’t seen much comedy so I wouldn’t be able to say who my favorite comedian or what my favorite show was, so I wonder if you can go through the museum on like a default or a random setting.
I never have heard about this museum until I just read this article about it, but it seems very much up my alley. I think that learning about the different comedians through the years is such an interesting and unique idea, and something I didn't even know I wanted to do until I heard it was an option. I think that I would love to visit this museum. their use of technology to perfectly cater your museum experience to you is such an interesting idea, and such a huge step in the interactive museum world. While some of me feels that this is an unnecessary use of resources, so is all of entertainment, so I can't really complain. I think that the photos in this article really give the idea of what the interior would feel like, and it feels like you enter into an alternative tech world. It seems like a really fun place to spend some time!!
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