Franklin Institute of Science

Last year I read about the King Tut exhibit coming back to the US and mentioned it to Shelby...she definitely wanted to go. Well, I finally got my act together and we headed down to Philadelphia to see the boy king before he takes off on the 30th. My dad and a friend, Jean, from Church came along. What a great trip. We went into the planetarium and watched a show on the Pharaoh's stars and then headed in to see the Tut exhibit- very well done. I do not remember much from the exhibit when it was in NYC in the 70s or from when I saw it in Cairo in the 80s so it was like all was new to me (I actually did remember a few pieces when I saw them.) I was a little disappointed that the golden mask was not there but that does not leave Egypt anymore. We all loved it and was sad when we reached the end. shelby posed with the skull made from a CAT scan done a few years ago.

From there we headed in to an exhibit on the human heart- very cool. Shelby also liked the Pendulum staircase.