> On Aug 17, 2023, at 11:01 AM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> Yes, I remember those “nixies”. When you entered the building it was
> impossible to _not_ see them.
> If you walked under them, you ended up in the restaurant.
>
> The “do-things-yourself” museum is long gone, but the “UFO” saucer building
> is still there.
> When I am in the office, I can see the building, looking out the window. My
> work is less than 1 km away.
> I wonder if those “nixies” are still there, and if not, where they ended up …
Kees Stravers, owner of the website about the Evoluon, reports that they were
scrapped when the museum closed in 1989.
You could of course reproduce them: they aren't actual Nixie tubes but rather a
set of advertising sign type of neon lights, so any neon light craftsman could
built such a thing.
paul
