The Art of Rube Goldberg — Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
The Art of Rube Goldberg, a traveling exhibition on the cartoonist and inventor, opened at the National Museum of American Jewish History (now the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History) in Philadelphia on October 12, 2018, with Dome building a working Rube Goldberg machine for the exhibition's title wall as the host venue's addition.
| Venue | Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History |
|---|---|
| Project type | Temporary Exhibition |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2018 |
| Technologies | kinetic sculpture / physical mechanism |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Dome | Fabrication | Built a working Rube Goldberg machine for the exhibition's title wall, as the National Museum of American Jewish History's host-venue addition to the traveling exhibition; note that the exhibition itself was conceived by Creighton Michael and organized for tour by International Arts & Artists (not a Dome credit) |
Description
The traveling exhibition was conceived by Creighton Michael, developed with the Heirs of Rube Goldberg, LLC, curated by Max Weintraub, and organized for tour by International Arts & Artists; it ran at NMAJH through January 21, 2019. Dome's contribution was limited to a physical Rube Goldberg machine built for the title wall as an homage to the cartoonist's famously over-engineered (and rarely actually built) contraptions.