DCist: Bead Museum To Close

silvr

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:57:38 -0500

The bead museum was a nifty little place on the order of "hm, i never knew that," rather than "wow, that is so incredibly awesome." It was definitely worth a visit, but I can understand how it failed to stay afloat.

cyrinaldi

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:53:00 -0500

hello, people? if it weren't for beads, there'd be no america. i'm going before they close and gonna buy a piece of manhattan with what i collect.

Mike Licht

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:51:43 -0500

There is actually another bead museum, in Arizona.

monkeyrotica

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:52:41 -0500

Joint venture with the Museum of Sex maybe? They could get Adam and Eve or Doc Johnson to sponsor an "Anal Love Beads Through the Ages" touring exhibit. I'd buy the comemorative Xmas "pornament."

IHateParis

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:40:02 -0500

The bead museum is actually pretty cool, but I always wondered how it stayed afloat. It's not big or well-known enough to draw a lot of repeat visitors. I donated and became a member a few years ago, and then I never heard from them again. Never got a reminder to renew my membership or to support (or even to tell me about) special exhibits and events. An organization that never contacts its donors is an organization that is doomed. I'm sad to see it go but I think they probably could have done much more to help themselves.

Henry Krinkle

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:22:04 -0500

I think a bread museum would be pretty cool.

Ryan Holloway

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:40:21 -0500

I'm bead side myself that's unbeadeavible is this really a beadevalid post? www.ryanhollowayphotography.com

boondoggle

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:29:41 -0500

While it is always tragic to lose one of our great museums devoted to beads and beading culture, lets hope they have a bead on a new location.

aaronsinger

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:20:16 -0500

Mike, I'd rather be at a salt museum. ;)

Mike Licht

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:11:13 -0500

Get over there, quick! The Bead Museum is absolutely great. Really. Beads are "trade goods," the original means by which trade was globalized. At this point in time, if you think anything in your wallet, bank account, or portfolio has more intrinsic value than a string of beads, you are simply not paying attention.

Deep

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:08:22 -0500

Pull string. Weeeeeeeeeeeee!

gmail

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:42:06 -0500

go on with yo bead self

volite

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:38:01 -0500

So, is it too late for them to have a "Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo"-esque community bead event to save the museum? Dudes doing "bead stuff" n'shit in front of the museum to block the bulldozers.

yonas

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:29:50 -0500

monkey joke about anal beads in 3....2....1.....

mrmoonpie_dc

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:20:06 -0500

Yet the Postal Museum lives on...

McGillicuddy

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:09:30 -0500

monkey joke about beads in 3...2...1...

aaronsinger

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:04:32 -0500

I didn't know it was there.

afox

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:02:33 -0500

They definitely had the best-named show of the Shakespeare in Washington Festival a few years back: "To Bead or Not to Bead."

Henry Krinkle

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:52:26 -0500

Bees?

sordid

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:49:46 -0500

Good F'in Riddance. A Bead Museum, seriously? I couldn't believe this when I walked by it. It's a waste of space in Penn Quarter. Don't think there is enough room there but this area needs a Corner Bakery!