This weekend we visited my husband’s sister in Boston and decided to take the kids to the Museum of Science. The last time we visited the museum was during our year of homeschooling Lillia, in December of 2012. Comparing my photos from the two trips I noticed a few things: my kids have grown a ton, and so has my husband’s beard; my photography has changed a lot thanks to my 50mm f1.8 lens, Photoshop, and two years’ worth of practice; I used to have a really annoying habit of breaking my posts up into multiple parts. I remember two years ago when I took those photos I thought they were amazing, and I was totally shocked that I was actually the person who took them! Now I look at them and see that they are not terrible but they represent a younger, less experienced photographer (and probably a younger, less experienced me, too). In any case, you can look back at our photos from the first trip here 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Many of the exhibits have changed in the past two years, so it was really fun to see some old favorites but also to experience some new things. Lillia’s favorite part of our visit was definitely the Hall of Human Life area, where she got to measure her gait, her body temperature, and all sorts of other things (check out our infrared “family portrait” here). Zane’s favorite part was the baby chicks, of course. He really didn’t want to leave. All in all, a great trip!
boston // museum of science // part five
Here is the fifth, and final (finally!) installment of my Museum of Science photos. At the end of our trip, we just spent some time wandering through a few exhibits on the Lower Level in the last few minutes before the museum closed.
boston // museum of science // part four
One of our favorite places at the Museum of Science is the Natural Mysteries exhibit. According to a sign in the exhibit, a large portion of this collection was donated by Rachel Warren Barton (pictured below, right).
boston // museum of science // part three
In this third part of my series on our trip to the Museum of Science, I’d like to share some of the beautiful architectural details and art installations that we saw there.
boston // museum of science // part two
Here is the second installment of my photos from our trip to the Museum of Science in Boston. This set includes pictures from the Mammoths & Mastodons exhibit.