My museum series of articles brought me to Cal State Fullerton’s Anthropology department teaching museum the other day. My friend Debra suggested it, and I think I said something like, “What? That exists there?” It got put in around the time I graduated, so I of course had either heard about it and did not care or was too busy to care when I did hear about it. To get to the museum itself is an interesting trek.
I parked on the street because I did not want to pay for parking. (this would be next to impossible during a regular semester, so i’m glad that i went to this during intersession)
Trek, trek, trek across the street, through the lab building to this ’60s looking monstrosity, otherwise known as McCarthy Hall.
”Where’s the elevator? Oh that’s right! There are escalators in this building!” (You don’t know how cool I thought that was when I first started going there. Escalators at school! 
In all fairness, I was a kid just out of high school.)
They really need to replace their ceiling panels in this building. The stains only got worse with each higher floor… Do you remember it looking so nasty when you went there, Arnold?
And finally, I arrived.
It was an interesting exhibit about Vigangos, which are basically Kenyan memorial markers-or, wooden dead people figurines in Kimspeak…
These were apparently sold as artwork until a few years ago, when it became documented that these were stolen from graves in Africa. Now Cal State Fullerton is going to send these suckers back to a museum in Africa that will hopefully give these back to the families that rightfully own these.
I like art, so looking at these unique figures was interesting. It is apparently ran by students taking a museum class each semester who put the whole thing together from start to finish.
If you would like to read my article about it, go here. (Please. I get paid per hit.)
If only this job paid more. It would be fun to do this for a full-time job. (I know what you smart folks must be thinking. Reporters are being laid off by the truck load lately.)
Tomorrow will be all about my trek to the coffee house/art gallery. I know you all are thrilled.
I don’t remember the ceilings in McCarthy Hall. When I went there, people used to stop at the top of the elevators to talk and you had to keep your eyes focused on how you were going to get off the elevator or you’d cause a mass tumbling.
LOL. Yeah, not like I exactly remembered those things either.
I enjoyed your amusing tour to the museum. Glad you went to see it.
Your photos of your trek to get there added to the amusement of it all.
You know me I like to be amused. I am like a child.
Well, that one stain was downright pretty
Oh my, that’s interesting about the artifacts!! I hope they go back to the right people!
Escalators in a college building!! How awesome is that??? I’d be excited, too. I am excited!! And the soda machines are very modern.