@markwyner I visited museum Arts et Metiés in Paris where you can see the prototypes of the meter, kg,... and history of measures used before the metric system.
By the time I got to the display with the metric system and started taking photos I heard some American tourists behind me "Pff, another measuring stick and some measuring jugs..."
@plactagonic I would love to see that exhibition. What a delight it would be.
@markwyner It's quite interesting museum but it is also quite old so not much is changing there, from modern point of view it is bit dated. This video should give you pretty good idea what to expect.
@plactagonic @markwyner I would love to go and it definitely has "changed" reasonably recently (though I realise you mean the style of presentation is dated) because... the definition of the kg no longer being based on physical objects only happened in 2019!
@plactagonic rad. Can’t wait to check it out. Thanks!
@plactagonic wow. This place is incredible. I could spend many captivated days in there, studying those machines with delight and wonder.