Monday, December 14, 2009
Adventure Science Center, Nashville TN
We should have stayed an extra day in Huntsville, Al, but we shot down the road toward Tullahoma Tn to the Hands on Science Center. We arrived later in the day and the place was closed. The building was so small, it looked like a community center. We didn't want to try to find a room nearby, So we kept on going to Nashville, TN. Of course every time we pass a Goodwill, Mason sings out and we have to stop to shop. This trip we found a Caddyshack Singing Gopher and a Snow Flake Spinning Frosty Snowwoman. The Adventure Science Center in Nashville, TN, is a tremendous, new building in the middle of nowhere. It has fabulous, large scale, inside physically-challenging activities. A parent friendly sized McD style play place, Aeronautic space walk wall and a realistic flight simulator that can really shake things loose. What a great day it was.
Friday, December 4, 2009
U. S. Space and Rocket Center Museum
Huntsville, Alabama or Rocket City is the birthplace of our nations space program. The U. S. Space and Rocket Center Museum located here is a place I would return to again. Engaging, informative displays on the origin and developing space program wind through the cavernous building. Rocket Shot and G Force rides are outside and rock climbing wall and flight simulator are inside.
Museums in Gadsden and Anniston, Alabama
Up in the mountains above Birmingham are the towns of Gadsden and Anniston. The Mary G Harden Center for Cultural Arts in Gadsden and Museum of Natural History in Anniston are small yet diverse and worth a look see. The cultural arts center offered a special display called Ink and Blood, the history of the Bible in print featuring a Guttenberg printing press. There was also a Festival of Trees and an Imagination Place. Max had a great time playing with the local kids attending birthday parties there.
The Anniston Museum is a real surprise. It has a large and one of the oldest collection in US of stuffed birds in natural settings. This collection was originally shown on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The rocks and minerals display and the reptile displays were worthy of a large museum. Outside were oak leaf strewn paths over the hillside. We strolled around and enjoyed the cool air.
The Anniston Museum is a real surprise. It has a large and one of the oldest collection in US of stuffed birds in natural settings. This collection was originally shown on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The rocks and minerals display and the reptile displays were worthy of a large museum. Outside were oak leaf strewn paths over the hillside. We strolled around and enjoyed the cool air.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)