The first time I took my son to the Science Center, he enjoyed it so much that I decided it was more than worth it to buy us a membership. It has proven to be a great decision, because there is almost always something that's fun for us to go see to kill an afternoon. There's usually an exhibit worth peeking at, or a new IMAX movie.\n\nThe static part of the museum is really nothing major. It's fun the first time around, but then once you've seen it all, there's not much to go back for besides the play room and the dancing magnets ( <url> which by the way have totally hijacked that song at the start, in my mind. It cracks me up and I could watch it for ages). \n\nToday we saw the Titanic and Dinosaur exhibits. The Titanic was really pretty interesting. Tons of actual artifacts and recreations of various rooms. The weirdest thing to me though was the recreation of an iceberg. Anyone here not know what ice looks like? Anyway, it was fun and something pretty neat to see. And did you know that all the items that are down there have actually had their chemical makeup changed by the pressure and lack of oxygen down there? And that they'll fall apart or even explode if simply brought up to surface? Well I didn't, so I consider the afternoon a success, having learned something new.\n\nTwo of the more interesting bits of the exhibit: the \"boarding passes\" that we were given with names of real passengers (of course I was in first class). At the end of the exhibit, there is a wall with the names of all passengers and whether or not the survived. My son survived, the traveling companions listed on my pass survived, but alas, I succumbed to the cold waters of the Atlantic that night. Also, there was a lady all dressed up \"in character\", sitting on a bench reading a book. I think I want that job even more than I want Gabi's job.\n \nThe dinosaur exhibit was... well kinda lame. Big dinosaur robot things that sort of jiggled and swayed around. We were naughty and touched one, and it kind of gave me the creeps.\n\nMy kid's review: \"The Science Center is good for families, but after you go there once, you don't really know what else to do besides go to whatever special they're having. The Titanic was really good. Science Center gets 4 stars. Titanic gets 5 stars\"
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