HappyTwig

Today was Family museum day. We choose South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach because of their new exhibit “The Science Tunnel”. This was a bad choice for us, definitely not for young children, I think it is better suited for high school and maybe even college students, it was some very high tech stuff. I would however, recommend going to the museum after this exhibit ends with children between the ages of five and ten. My son, who is four, loved the hands-on interactive exhibit based on human anatomy “Grossology”.

We all had fun in the Frozen Shadow Room. Even our 12 month old was up there posing. Imagine a dark room with glow in the dark walls. First you hit a button; which starts a countdown timer, and everyone rushes to a place on the wall. Then three bright lights beam for three seconds. After the lights shut off the room glows green and your shadow stands still as you step away.

The natural history exhibits was cool, it featured a 22,000 year-old mastodon named “Suzie” She was found in Palm Beach County, who knew? Overall this museum was O.K. I think they could do without the additional fees for things like the mini golf and planetarium, the admission charge was enough. Maybe we’ll go back in a few years.