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| - Thanks to Yelp Mtl, I won 2 tickets for last night's exclusive #5a9McCord event. It was awesome! I'm happy we arrived early, because it meant that we could enjoy some of the activities with shorter lineups and more detailed explanations.
Upon entering the museum, we enjoyed gin drinks made by a mixologist. We then got to sample space ice cream (basically tastes like oreos minus the creamy factor) so I think I could handle being an astronaut lol We then passed by the VR experience on the first floor -- decided to skip it TWICE because there was a 40 mins wait each time. The 3D printer would've been cool if the lady standing there was more informative.
My favourite experience was the senses lab, in which we had 3 senses tests provided by Université du Québec à Trois Rivières: odour, taste and mixed elements odour tests. We had to smell felt tip markers and determine the scent, taste jelly beans while blocking and unblocking our nose to experience the difference and lastly, smell 2 combined elements and distinguish both. It's so cool to see how much a blocked nose can take away from what we taste. Smelling our food is almost as important as tasting it for!
On the second floor, we got to walk through a fashion display from the '60s in Montreal, and relive #Expo67 with a 10mins VR experience inside a dark "Illusions"/Magic exhibit area... pretty cool and creepy. To experience history displayed in such a cool and relevant way is great for someone like me who isn't always that excited by history! I really found the Illusions experience interesting. The way that some of these world-renowned magicians died... ridiculous!
On the third floor, we enjoyed Jayce Salloum's photography exhibition, which had some striking photos taken all over South America, the Middle East and the US. Finally back on the first floor, we walked through the Native Americans exhibit, which displayed native costumes. Really cool and visually striking.
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