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Museum's Adults-Only Nights Show That Alcohol and Science Are a Good Mix
BarbaraHudson writes Museums and science centers are finding that science nights with bar service are quite popular with the public. "Organizer Merissa Scarlett said almost every science center across Canada opts for adults-only nights, where visitors can explore exhibits with an alcoholic drink in hand. It's also a trend taking off in many museums, including the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, where nights dubbed Nature Nocturne transform the building into a multi-stage bar and club."
Not true. My wife's MIT Alumni club brought Dr. Peter Diamandis in for a discussion on the X-Prize Foundation, and it was fully catered with open bar at the local science museum, which was partially open for exploration. Good time. Good enough that Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson crashed the party, with a couple of attractive grad students in-tow.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
I can verify that visiting the Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago after a few toots is nothing but a blast. Get a few of your friends, pass around a liter of vodka in the parking lot and go straight to the gigantic model train set on the first floor. Don't miss the huge pendulum in the stairway and the tours of the German U-Boat and coal mine. Also the "whispering booth" parabolic sound mirrors. If it's spring time, go visit the formal Japanese garden just a few blocks from the museum. When your done, walk West along the plaisance until you get to Laredo Taft's spooky-ass "Fountain of Time" sculpture at the far end of the Midway. Then you can go up to Ribs'n'Bibs on 53rd street for the most magnificent burnt ends or hot links you've ever tasted.
Best drunk museum experience ever. Highly recommended. Way back in the day I went there on 'shrooms and it was also quite fun.
Of course, all that stuff is behind me now, but thankfully my memory is still pretty...um... ...what was I talking about?
You are welcome on my lawn.
Half of the world would like their artifacts back from London. Damn brits took everything they could ship away. On the other hand, if they hadn't, those artifacts would have been robbed or destroyed by the locals.