We went to the St Louis Science Center because they declared.....'Walk in the footsteps of archaeologist Howard Carter and experience the tomb of King Tutankhamun and all its treasure as they were at the moment of discovery. The special exhibition will feature a total of 1,000 breathtaking recreations that were scientifically and expertly hand-crafted over five years by leading Egyptian artisans." I was so excited to actually see and experiences something so fascinating and such a part of history....
NOT... we were very disappointed, not only was it in a very small room, with wall to wall people, there were no artifacts, no mummy's, no original anything, I was very disappointed.
But all things happen for a reason...I have always wanted to see and touch a dinosaur skeleton or a bone or something to do with dinosaurs, guess what they had at the center? If you said a dinosaur you would be right! They had a lot of bones and they had a triceratops skull. Triceratops were one of the last dinosaurs on earth. They were about 30 feet long and weighted up to 6 tons. It's head alone was almost 10 feet long. They had three sharp horns on its forehead and a large body shield that framed its face making it well equipped to defend itself, but despite its aggressive appearance they were peaceful, feeding on vegetation and wandering in herds.
The St Louis Science Center opened in 1963, then in 1983 it was combined with the Museum of Science and Natural History. The Center boasts four levels, offering all sorts of interactive spaces where you can create, learn skills, dig for bones, or you can become a human battery in the hamster wheel, to power the Energizer Ball Machine, they have a planetarium and a Omnimax Theater.
When you walk across the bridge over the highway you can watch the cars go by under your feet and use a Rader gun to clock how fast the cars are going!
When you cross the highway bridge you enter into the Flight Gallery where you can ride flight simulators, control a mars rover, see a space capsule or just wander around and soak up the history of space travel. They had some memorabilia from the movie Mars Attacks and Pierre got such a kick out of the space men they had!
They also opened a new Exploradome, named GROW, this is a one of a kind indoor outdoor gallery dedicated to teaching everyone when, how, why and the journey that our food and water takes from farm to family. They had some live chickens, you could milk a cow and watch how food travels thru a cow and pig.. hmmmm...fun was had by all!
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