The Museum of Science
Boston, Massachusetts
The family visited the Museum of Science in 2009.
In front of the museum there are numerous large rocks with descriptions of each.
These are just a few.
(Enlarge the pictures to read about the rocks.)
South African granite - 3.2 billion years old
Rose quartz - from Custer, South Dakota
Folded and faulted gneiss
They also have casts of dinosaur foot prints from an Apatasaurus (also known as the Brontosaurus)
that walked in the mud in Glen Rose, Texas 140 million years ago.
The Foucault Pendulum held fascination for all who watched it.
Under it sits a replica of an Aztec calendar stone.
(Enlarge the pictures to read about the pendulum and stone.)
The main exhibit hall had all sorts of displays, both large and small.
We went to the show on electricity. It was geared toward kids but was still impressive.
There was an live frog exhibit with more than 50 species in just about every color imaginable.
There were displays of gasoline motors, steam engines, model cars and ships, dinosaurs, and wild animals.
I hope you've enjoyed touring Boston with us.
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