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| - It's shameful I've lived here for over a year and only just made it to the Big Mint this weekend.
Pros: huge, green park surroundings. Lots of activities for kids, including "kits" for almost every exhibit. Perfect lighting (don't no duh me - I've seen some terribly lit museums). Gift shop had some unique stuffs, so a good resource for Xmas. Love the architecture, although I felt like I was looking at a Met in miniature, for some reason (did you know this building used to be uptown, and they MOVED it here, many years ago? Awesome).
Weird: 10 bucks admission (4 dollar hike in 2 years? yikes). Super specific collections that, while you're wandering from gallery to gallery, butt up against each other in a jarring way. Docents are STRICT (and fiesty) about the rules. Stale smells.
It is what it is. And it was super quiet, nice and cool, and an awesome way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Frightening that we were the only people there, and I hope that isn't the regs.
I can't wait to see the Uptown annex in October, and am crossing my fingers for a collection of contemporary art to be unveiled. It isn't fair to make the McColl center do all the hard work.
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