Insects are a focus at this museum, which was good news for my bug-loving kiddos.
Bugs of all shapes and colors were on display. Dead and alive.
The butterfly room was a blast and the kids were excited that butterflies actually
landed on them this time! We even saw a fresh butterfly emerging its chrysalis.
Asher made himself at home to watch this video on dinosaur bone discovery.
One of their favorite movies right now is "Night at the Museum" where the displays come to life at night. This was the first time Asher has seen animatronic dinos since watching the movie. He was a bit cautious this time (using the wall for cover).
For some reason they REALLY liked this statue....
....like, really liked him!
We watched two movies on the DOME! It was the first time we've ever seen a Dome movie and it was pretty incredible. The screen wraps completely around so you have to move your head around to watch the action and it appears 3D. The first day we watched Dinosaurs Alive, a movie about recovering dinosaur bones in the Gobi desert and how those discoveries changed what we know about them. A few minutes into the movie Asher kept saying. "I don't like this movie" in a worried voice. Shortly after that, he kept saying, "Wow", "Wow"! Yes, turns out he enjoyed it after all and asked to watch it again.
On our next visit we watched the Pandas movie in 3D on the dome, a documentary about breeding, raising and releasing pandas back into the wild. It was the kids' first 3D movie and it was pretty funny to see their reaction to the objects seeming to come right out at them.
Here you can see how the screen (the green part) really wraps around.
They love putting coins in these round donation things.
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