With Thanksgiving upon us, many of us are getting ready to for house guests or to be house guests. Whether you’re preparing for visitors or traveling for a visit, we thought you might enjoy this image of famous visitors from the Museum’s past. On November 26, 1977 the Virginian Pilot featured this photo of the band Queen during a visit to the Museum. The world-famous rockstars are peering into a display case featuring the work of Virginia Beach artist Kelly Freas – a well-known science fiction artist who also created one of the early drawings of MAD magazine icon Alfred E. Neuman. Freas also designed the album cover for Queen’s “News of the World” Album – notable for the hit songs “We Will Rock You” and “We are the Champions”.
Happy Thanksgiving !
Wow! How cool is that!? -JR
ReplyDeleteWill wonders never cease? And who knew that Queen guitarist Brian May would go on to get a PhD in astrophysics? Rock intersects both high culture and the frontiers of science.
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