Exhibition - Steampunk: History Beyond Imagination

When you enter the world of Steampunk: History Beyond Imagination you enter a world where the future shakes hands with the past, and where humanity’s innovative nature inspires future generations to do the impossible. Premiering at MUZEO, the exhibition is a fantastic and factual account of how the 19th Century’s inventive thinkers and writers launched mankind into the 20th Century – and beyond.

"Steampunk" is considered by many to be a growing modern reaction to man’s conquering of scientific boundaries. As technology and science took us beneath the sea, to the Earth’s interior and even to the moon, humanity began to wonder if its reach had, indeed, exceeded his grasp. Writers, artists and craftsmen began to entertain the notion of what life would have been like had circumstances pushed these innovations just a little bit further. We might have had computers before gas combustion engines, the Internet before the microchip, or warships in the air before the Wright Brothers ever flew. This spawned a whole new sub-genre of science fiction - Steampunk. With this new sub-genre came a whole fresh aesthetic...a Neo-Victorian examination of clothing, gadgets, art, music and literature.

Historians consider “The Great Age of Steam” to last over a century and a half, beginning in 1780 and lasting until the end of World War I. This era witnessed the birth of flight, powerful locomotives, mechanical industries, methods of worldwide communication, electricity and even space exploration. Something else was happening at this time, however – the social and scientific movements that would shape our lives today. Steampunk: History Beyond Imagination will give MUZEO patrons a glimpse into the amazing history of this era.

Steampunk: History Beyond Imagination features biographical information and artifacts from the Victorian era’s greatest visionary writers, and the scientific giants they inspired. Writers like H.G.Wells, Jules Verne, and Edgar Allan Poe pushed the limits of scientific thought with their fiction and paved the way for inventors and thinkers like Nikola Tesla, Ada Lovelace, Sigmund Freud and even Albert Einstein. These authors’ works have been transformed into iconic films featuring imagery that has inspired the genre. The exhibit will feature artwork, photos and props from some of these films – including replicas of The Nautilus from “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea” (1954) and a full size Time Machine from the 1960 film of the same name.

Patrons will also be able to see amazing works of art, fashion and literature, including rare books, film quality props from the Jules Verne themed theater troupe Legion , amazing fashions from designer Autumn Adamme, beautifully crafted leather helmets by Thomas Banwell and a brass-skinned elephant built by newcomer artist Robert Overstreet.


Cost: Adults $13 and children $9.