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| - It's becoming an unofficial tradition of mine that I must visit at least once dinosaur exhibit in every city I visit. And I didn't find any 'true' dinosaur exhibits at any history museum, so we were off to the Montreal Science Centre. Sorry Montreal - as much as I enjoyed my time with you, you're not a real city until you get some legit fossils.
We had a AAA membership - so it came to about ~$12/person after discount for general admission (no special exhibits/movies). I would recommend pre-buying tickets online to skip the ticketing lineup. I think coat check was like $2/jacket.
Okay - it's more of a kid's science centre than an actual science/history museum - but these are damned fun regardless. I particularly enjoyed the cybernetic implants, display, reaction timer and the parabolic sound amplifier. And my friend got to jump on the counterbalanced pendulum ride. Lots of exhibits good for kids of all ages.
The dinosaur display was small but pretty fun and educational. There's a small fake paleontology dig display so I got to temporarily fantasize about the possibilities if I followed my true childhood dream. With all the younglings running around in their pure, unfiltered joy and wonder, I was tempted to grab one by the cheeks and say slowly and intently "Stay here... stay as long as you can... CHERISH IT!" a la Billy Madison.
The dinosaur exhibit was full of animatronic dinosaurs - many represented with the current theory of feathered dinosaurs. Of course, there's 'mainstream' dinosaurs are well-represented (i.e. T-Rex, velociraptors, etc.) - but holy shit, they had an animatronic Allosaurus... ALLOSAURUS! My favourite dinosaur of all time. It's like the T-Rex... but smaller, faster, functional foreclaws, more badass, more obscure, more alt and captures the heart of dinosaur hipsters like me. [Watch 'The Ballad of Big Al' from the 'Walking With Dinosaurs' series if you don't know what I'm on about.]
The biggest tease though was that they have posters up for their upcoming Star Wars exhibit. If I got my Stars Wars fix and dinosaur fix at one place - I would have nerdgasmed.
Overall, I think general admission was worth it as long as you have have a base appreciation of science and technology. I mean, I'm sure I'm not the only dude that wakes up on an airplane everynow and then and thinks, "Wow - I was sleeping in a CHAIR... IN THE SKY... under JET PROPULSION... THE MIRACLE OF HUMAN FLIGHT! WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!?!" And then spend the rest of the flight fighting the urge to run down the aisle, extolling the wonders of human progress. Luddites need not apply - go live in a cave in fear of the sun.
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