Sunday, August 28, 2005
8/26/2005 St. Paul Science Museum
This Friday it was raining so we decided to visit the St. Paul Science Museum. On the way to downtown St. Paul, we stopped at Mickey’s Dinner for a late breakfast. It was an interesting experience.
At the museum we found that every parent with children in the area had the same idea. The place was packed with unruly little kids pushing the buttons and running to the next exhibit before they had a chance to see what the last was about.
This is the view over the atrium inside the entrance to the museum. The ladder like device is a Xylophone that played music. We looked to see if we could figure out the mechanism but did not see how it was controlled.
We spent some time in the Lake Pepin area because we had just seen the Lake for ourselves the week before. The bird displays were very nice.
This was an actual tugboat from the Mississippi on display at the Museum. 
Of course we had to see the Grossology exhibit. We thought Kazin would enjoy understanding the phenomenon of 'hairballs'.
Then it was off to the collections.
Of most interest was Dr. John's 'vibrating' chair in the Quackery section. The fellow in the lower left of the picture was one of his clients. The two headed turtle is of course smarter than some of the people we know.
Fred found a 'penny' machine and it was one of the few displays that you didn't have to fight off the children to experience.
Kathleen enjoyed the cottonwood trees on the opposite shore of the Mississippi. The Museum had a chart showing the location and historical views of the area.
Because we found no Winery this trip, we had to stop at the St Paul Library across the street from the Museum. By this time the sun had come out giving us beautiful view of the river front.
The St Paul Cathedral.
Kathleen
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