Thursday, May 26, 2011

Hittin the Museums Today !

BIBLE MUSEUM

We went to a Bible Museum and we saw some amazing and very old bible pages. Joe got to look through a bible that was 400 years old...written on cotton paper and incredibly well preserved.  On the following pictures, read the first picture and then enjoy the page of the Gutenberg Bible it references.  Note that the page is hand written and drawn !  Artistically, that is pretty amazing.


PENSKE RACING MUSEUM

Next we were off for some NASCAR !  Roger Penske Museum included some of the actual cars that had run and won for his team.  Check them out !




This was a really fun picture to study. Taken in 1998 at the 50th Anniversary of NASCAR !
Lots of trophies were on display but most of the pictures were glared because they are in glass cases. But you get the idea....this team definitely had the winning formula !

ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER

We were not sure what we would find at the Science Center but we were very entertained with the exhibits and activities.  They had films of actual surgeries being performed, self tests on nutrition, lots of science experiments, strength tests and more. 

The highlight was Joe, Linda and Henry getting on this bike that was balanced on a high wire ! They each rode it....check them out !


I don't fare well with heights, so I opted for the bed of nails !


We also got a sneak peak at the Grand Canyon, which is our next stop.  They had a scale model of the canyon and you could click on some of the vista points to see actual 360 degree views from that spot.  This was a very fun center !  Hope everyone has a great Wednesday !   xxoo TML