1 October 2009 A picnic basket linked to Agatha Christie, soil
samples collected before the Channel Tunnel was built and a
radioactive rock used in a Nobel Prize-winning experiment
feature in a provocative new exhibition at UCL. Disposal?, which
opens on Monday 19 October 2009, invites you to comment on the
most challenging question faced by museums today: What should we
collect and hold on to and what should we get rid of? The
exhibition includes objects which would not normally be on
display, such as a crusher which can apply the weight of 150
hippos, a collection of plastic dinosaurs and slides containing
microscopic fossils. Among these are five objects earmarked for
disposal that the public can vote on. This is one of several
ways in which people can contribute their views on the
collections: on what they think is important, what should be
collected and what they feel would be better off elsewhere.
Featured pieces will include: - A picnic basket belonging to
Agatha Christie’s husband’s second wife Barbar