Posted on 07/19/2020 6:59:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Spanish glassblower Miguel Arribas spent around 500 hours making the worlds largest glass-blown sculpture, a whimsical castle fashioned after Cinderellas castle, but it took a couple of children just a fraction of a second to ruin it.
Presented as a gift to the museum in 2016 to mark its fifth anniversary, Miguel Arribas record-setting masterpiece was created using around 500,000 glass loops, weighed 60 kilograms and featured spires made with 24-karat gold. It was made up of approximately 30,000 individual parts and weighed over 60 kilograms.
Photo: CGTN/CFP
According to sources from the museum, the unfortunate accident occurred on May 30th, when two children visiting the facility with their family crossed the belt barrier while playing and toppled the sculpture. The fall caused the main spire to shatter and caused different degrees of damage to other sections.
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China.
OK, I was wondering because I couldnt think of a place in Europe or America that even had an open museum since March
Curator: OMG! That is the worlds largest glass sculpture!
Clouseau: Not anymore.
Its okay.
The sculpture triggered fear in some of the poor child victims.
One of them was even ....OFFENDED.
Besides, EVERYBODY knows that blown-glass is racist...
I saw a 2+3 year old continously go under a barrier and. break pieces off a christmas train/ gingerbread display at a ritzy hotel near D.C. the parents just kept saying no.. and the kid kept going under the ropes and touching and. breaking the display. They really didnt g.a.s. about the display.
Why can’t we just get rid of the Bureau of Land
Management. They are sooo causing all this trouble.
Did I miss something?
I read this 3 times &didn’t see where the museum was. It’s NAME is the Shanghai Museum but the story is from Spain & the architect is Spanish.
Oops my bad as it appears that my internet had a hiccup BUT I like this picture better. ENJOY!
i hope the parents are held responsible- probably will not happen though.
I see what you did there! (smile)
Will the parents sue the museum? :-)
Another reason they should bring back the harness they had for kids a few years back.
I once busted something in a museum (by accident, of course) in a foreign country and it was LOUD! But somehow no one saw me and I managed to round up my family and skedaddle before they figured it out. As far as I know, there’s isn’t a warrant out on me, thankfully.
We spanked our kids, so never a problem like that.
Clark?
Clark Griswold?
Is that you?
It's the PRC, so shouldn't it be "Beef Lo Mein"?
repairs will run about $25 thousand plus shipping, another $20. Total bill will be about 50K.
Who’s the idiot who thought it was a good idea to protect a delicate glass object with a ROPE in a venue where children are allowed?
Kids will be kids, but some adults are just dumb.
“Im sure in China, having unruly kids who cause such problems, will cause a big hit to their social credit score used by the Chinese.”
HAHAHAHA!
Dude, in China these kids are called Little Emperors for a reason.
ADV CHINA
https://youtu.be/3L8osxCmUBU
Chinese parents unable to raise their Special Snowflakes
https://youtu.be/4vsXDIzMoqU
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