Science Museum time again

It's science museum time again. This month we got to see the Real Pirates Exhibit.
It's a fabulous exhibit filled with history, based around the Pirate ship Whydah. It starts with a short movie about the Whydah and its discovery. Then you proceed through several rooms telling its history from its beginnings as a slave ship, how pirates were recruited, a recreation of the interior of the ship, the treasure room (with real treasure some that you can touch!), the fate of the pirates, and the modern discovery. Many of the artifacts are in amazing shape, despite being undersea for 300 years and encased in concretions.

Although you aren't allowed to take pictures inside the exhibit, I forgot that I could have taken a picture with one of the many pirate statues outside the exhibit.

Elsewhere in the museum ...

We missed the chemistry show. We waited outside the chemistry hall and the docent never showed up. Later on Sparkle was talking about her class and mentioned some of the demonstrations done in the chemistry show. Maybe they were using the props in the classroom.

The Josephine Tiara from the Faberge exhibit was in the Gem Vault. Wow. I never expected to see this exquisite piece again in my life. The display isn't as spectacular, since you can't walk around it in the Gem Vault, but it is still gorgeous.

My favorite part ...

Glitter sat on my lap at the beginning of the Pirate exhibit waiting for the movie to start. Then she starts trying to read the words on the opening screen: "This is a story ..."