Went to see the Silk Road exhibition at the Museum of Natural history in NY.
Kudos to hubby's workplace, Met Life for organizing the event. Free admission, and $25 dollar all day parking
It started at 8 am, so being in a wheelchair, I had to go in through the security and shipping entrance because the normal doors were locked. The security staff were great. In general I had previously had experiences where anything nonstandard caused security to burp to a halt but yesterday the very cute and nice guard let mrDrone and I in, and took us up the elevator and to the registration desk for the event and told us a couple neat places I could get to in my chair to get an elevator and not fight with crowds of people.
We saw pretty much everything we could in 9 hours and only managed to get through maybe a third of the place. We are planning on going back again and seeing the rest sometime soon. I highly recommend the rock and gem collection. I was mildly disappointed they didn't have a fluorescent rock exhibit - I think kids would get a kick out of it. [basically a light box with normal light, fluorescent light and black light - so you flick on the different bulbs to see how the rocks look under different lighting. Lots of fun =) ]
Unfortunately the wheelchair I borrowed to see if I liked that specific model turned out to not be what I wanted and need. On the plus side, I am not as sore as I thought I would be from having to strongarm my way around the museum. I hate kludgy bearings and chairs that are heavier than they need to be =(
Kudos to hubby's workplace, Met Life for organizing the event. Free admission, and $25 dollar all day parking
It started at 8 am, so being in a wheelchair, I had to go in through the security and shipping entrance because the normal doors were locked. The security staff were great. In general I had previously had experiences where anything nonstandard caused security to burp to a halt but yesterday the very cute and nice guard let mrDrone and I in, and took us up the elevator and to the registration desk for the event and told us a couple neat places I could get to in my chair to get an elevator and not fight with crowds of people.
We saw pretty much everything we could in 9 hours and only managed to get through maybe a third of the place. We are planning on going back again and seeing the rest sometime soon. I highly recommend the rock and gem collection. I was mildly disappointed they didn't have a fluorescent rock exhibit - I think kids would get a kick out of it. [basically a light box with normal light, fluorescent light and black light - so you flick on the different bulbs to see how the rocks look under different lighting. Lots of fun =) ]
Unfortunately the wheelchair I borrowed to see if I liked that specific model turned out to not be what I wanted and need. On the plus side, I am not as sore as I thought I would be from having to strongarm my way around the museum. I hate kludgy bearings and chairs that are heavier than they need to be =(
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