It is a lovely red brick building on the Baylor campus. It is very large and beautiful. (I think that only Children's Museum I've been to that is bigger is in Indianapolis. . .. I haven't been to that many). As we were walking in, we saw a man whose trailer said, "Puppetry" on it. I asked him if there would be a show later in the day. He said he was performing at 1 pm. There were 3 puppet shows and we saw two of them, The Gingerbread Man and Little Red Riding Hood.
Favorite exhibits or parts of the day:
N: The tornado (pictured below), weather station, (a setup where you could pretend to do the weather report), animals and insects, and the display about mammoths found in Waco
B: One of the highlights of this museum is that they have seating areas for you to bring your own lunch. We didn't know this when we planned our day--but it worked out great. We had it all to ourselves. We had turkey sandwiches and clementines.
I also liked the room where you could play with water and bubbles, The Gingerbread Man, and watching everyone discover. It was a perfect place for someone Caitlin's age. She spent the day saying, "Look Mom!" and laughing as she discovered something new.
Least favorite: the reptile room
A: The "science rooms." Building the arch, the holograph pendulum, pulleys, levers, and the model train set.
B: Watching the Gingerbread Man, the trains, dressing up as a pioneer
(pictured below is the holograph pendulum)
C: The train set, dressing up as a pioneer, picking up a garbage bag with a lever and pulley, Gingerbread Man
D: Little Red Riding Hood and Gingerbread Man
p.s. This was a sponsored family fun day! Thank you sponsor, you know who you are!
Sounds like fun! Thanks for sharing the photos! How great that they have a place to eat. At the Children's Museum here they have a place outside where you can eat, but is not so great if the weather is bad.
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