5/5 Jeremy E. 4 years ago on Google β’ 34 reviews
Visiting
Denny
and
his
collection
was
an
interesting,
unique
experience,
and
while
I
enjoyed
it
quite
a
lot,
it's
not
for
everyone.
This
is
not
a
traditional
museum
or
exhibited
collection;
if
you
are
expecting
a
large
space
with
items
on
display
that
you
can
examine
at
your
own
pace,
you
will
be
disappointed.
The
"museum"
is
actually
the
curator's
home,
an
ordinary
apartment
stuffed
to
overflowing
with
an
extraordinary
collection
of
things
from
a
bygone
era.
Over
the
course
of
a
couple
of
hours,
we
stood
in
Denny's
entryway
as
he
would
repeatedly
pick
an
object
from
his
enormous
collection,
bring
it
to
us,
and
regale
us
with
its
stories.
In
many
cases
he
would
invite
us
to
hold
or
even
operate
these
artifacts
that
were
often
over
a
hundred
years
old.
For
each,
he
would
tell
us
its
history
and
how
it
came
to
be
part
of
his
collection.
In
the
two
hours
we
were
there,
we
saw
perhaps
a
dozen
or
so
things,
many
of
which
were
centered
around
the
theme
of
photography:
an
old
stereoscope,
a
"magic
lantern"
projector,
old
chemical
camera
flashes,
an
old-time
flip-book
"movie"
viewer
showing
the
instantly
recognizable
"Le
voyage
dans
la
lune",
an
old
Camera
Obscura,
the
first
edition
of
a
book
written
by
Arthur
Conan
Doyle
of
Sherlock
Holmes
fame
arguing
for
the
existence
of
spirit
photography;
a
first
edition
book
by
Harry
Houdini
refuting
Doyle's
book.
For
someone
who
has
spent
enough
time
in
New
York
that
the
traditional
tourist
attractions
are
now
old
hat,
this
was
a
fun
and
offbeat
way
to
spend
a
Sunday
morning.
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