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May 26, 2006
My Favorite Honkey
We've been chasing the King Tut exhibit for a while. Steph saw the original, and I wanted to see it; plus we wanted the kids to see it. After the timing being wrong several times (leaving just before we got to a place, or starting right after), we had pretty much given up. So it was a great surprise when we came into Chicago this week to see that the Field Museum would be hosting the exhibit again, and we'd be able to come back some other time in the next few months and see it.
To our great surprise, when we went to the museum yesterday, the agent was able to get us in before the official opening (had we arrived ten minutes earlier, we would not have been able to get in). The thing is, this was far, far better than going through the exhibit normally, because there were only a few people there. We were not rushed through the exhibit at all; we were not crowded; we were able to see every artifact and (to the varying extent they were interested), read the descriptions to our kids and then answer their questions. It was wonderful!
There were two things that they didn't have that surprised me: Tut's funerary mask (despite using it to advertise the exhibit) and his coffins were not on display. Nonetheless, it was a great exhibit and a fantastic experience.
Plus, we got to meet up with Dave Schuler for dinner, which was quite a bit of fun. Yesterday was a pretty good day.
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