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| - My 8 year old daughter and I spent 6+ hours at the ROM this past weekend...which factoring in our combined ADD/ADHD is a miraculous feat in and of itself.
All of the exhibits that I remember from my childhood plus a bunch of touring cultural exhibits that were new to me and of great interest.
The Earth's Treasures gallery is really great. In simpleton terms (aka terms I can use) it's all types of rocks/minerals etc. in columnar display cases with touch screen monitors that allow you to zoom in on very detailed photographs, and see more detailed information regarding the origin etc.
The Diamond exhibit was of more interest to me than to her. Actually, it was of no interest to her...which I think is not only rare for a young woman, but also promising moving forward as I think I've been able to focus her more on technology and things of that nature than where DeBeer's would like her interests to lie.
The cultural exhibits (China, Japan, Ukraine) are all of great interest, and even after spending 6 hours there, we didn't get a chance to see everything that was on display.
One of the things I could've done without seeing was a $19 lunch bill for two drinks, a chili, three chicken fingers and potato wedges. If I wanted to experience these kinds of food prices I'd have eaten at the airport or ACC.
There was a great medieval fair that was held specifically for March Break I believe. This was really cool because they had guys in full armor battling with weapons. Not theatrical fighting, full blown, full contact "I'm trying to smash your skull in with a pick axe" type of fighting. While I was surprised to see this, I wasn't in any rush to walk away from it...this is as close to Robot Wars as I'm ever going to get.
Architecturally, the building is a combination of the old structure combined with a funky new facade. I didn't like it when I saw photos originally, but after having spent some time looking at it, I think it does a great job of meshing the two together.
I would absolutely go back, and will go back...at my daughter's request.
I'm thinking that the price of membership is justified with just three visits, and it contributes to supporting a fantastic museum in the heart of our city.
Who would've thought something so educational and culturally enriching could also be so much fun?
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