I recently had the pleasure of being invited on a field trip with some of our High School classes Life Skills students and we got to spend a bit at the Anchorage Museum! It was amazing! So much fun and I learned a lot of things about a lot of things! If thats a thing?
Yes! We took a yellow school bus on a crappy road day with an amazing bus driver who made the trip seem easy and one of the kids just wanted to "nap" on the bus - he slept the whole way there!
But then he was ready for the interactive Museum Experience!
First thing in the door was a giant interactive kinetic and hydraulic display that had all kinds of ball bearings, marbles, gears and other stuff that kept the kids and the grown ups enthralled!
These kids are some of my favorites at the school - they are always joyous and the spread it everywhere! One of them always tells me that Im "Legendary"! He also believes that he is Legendary! I love that about him and it always makes me smile - no matter what!
One of all of our favorite sections what the Comic Con section with an amazing library like reading area that was all animated/cartoon books and the kids could grab a book and Chill!
The Murals on the walls were done by local cartoon artists - I was not able to get the names of the mural makers, but the kids sure enjoyed finding the artifacts hidden in plain sight in the murals.
They also got to draw cartoons in part of the exhibit in the Comicon area - tons of different styles and lots of colors to use - you can trace something or make up your own characters! So Fun!
This part is also a fun and interactive section where you scan a QR code with your phone or the ipads provided and when you focus your device on the orange frames the picture that comes up on the device is all in color and tells you the story about that page of the comic. Mind Blown on that one!
Then there is the Snapping Turtle - (thats Mr Brandt the teacher in this picture) but the turtle is a medium sized guy who loved the kids but the grown ups not so much! He would go right to the spot where any kids were standing and swim and show off right in front of them!
You can see him swimming right in front of these two - He is an intersting addition to the Museum and kind of a "one of these things is not like the others" display! It sounds like maybe someone had him as a pet as a baby turtle and then he grew into a big snapping turtle and this was his best option for great care? I learned from this display that this type of snapping turtle can live up to 50 years!
There was even inspiration for us quilters there in the Alaska Native/Eskimo display - how beautiful is this regalia? I could not resist taking a picture of it as I have quilt dreams of it now! We couldnt take a lot of pictures in this section of the Museum due to the "No Flash" rule and that the lights are kept very low in this part - many of the artifacts can be damaged by the light - even from flash cameras!
The elevator even has a marvelous mural on it! Everywhere we went there was art and wondrous things to see and do! We only had a couple of hours there so we did not get to even see and do everything but I give two thumbs up to this "Legendary" experience! If you havn't been to the Museum please make plans to go - you will not be sorry! If you are not local here in Alaska Check out the link here to the Museum - or check your area for a museum that is close to you - I know Seward has a great one also!
Blessed Be and may all your adventures and field trips be Legendary!
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