Resburg Highlights: Second - The Idaho Museum

Whenever we have visited my parents, they generously offer to take us to the Museum of Idaho.  It has hosted some great exhibits in the past that our family has loved seeing. (The Gutenburg Bible, the Titanic...)

    This time, they were hosting the King Tut traveling exhibit.  It was beautiful, and kept the kids' interest.  My only regreat was that Noel (who loves Egytian history) wasn't along with us.

Sylvia's favorite item was this bed. She thinks she should have a golden animal couch too.

My mom was great, going around with the kids, reading interesting facts about King Tut.

This was my favorite piece.. a hippo hunter standing on  raft.  Maybe because I had such a great time SUPing  (Stand Up Paddleboarding) the week before.  It is so graceful. They don't show the actual hippo being hunted, because it is the animals sacred to the evil god Seth, and would bring bad luck into the tomb.  I think I would like to try harpooning fish on a paddle board sometime.

The exhibit was beautifully displayed.   With all the gold glittering around, you could imagine how stunning it would have been to discover it all packed into one place.

 In another room of the museum, they feature Idaho history. Sylvia enjoyed playing in the log cabin exhibit.  - She is laughing because we have just informed her that pioneers did not make Ramen noodles for dinner guests.

 My mom brought a rabbit into the exhibit to help Sylvia make some rabbit stew instead of Ramen noodles. 

 Then mom started going wild and crazy.  The rabbit started hopping everywhere...landing on her head.  She is a crazy grandma sometimes.

 Part of the musuem has animals of the Rockies in it.  My dad felt like imitating a bear.  With parents like this, it is amazing I turned out as normal as I did!  :)

 Sylvia thought giving  a buffalo an eskimo kiss would be a good idea.

    It is fun touring indian and mountain man exhibits with my mom.  She has spent so many years teaching Idaho history to her 4th graders that she is an expert on every object in the place.  Walking around with her is like having our own professional tour guide.

     After the museum, we just had to get some ice cream.   My dad is famous for treating the kids to GIANT  Dairy Queen cones.   Tragically,  DQ's are very scarce where we live, and cherry dipped cones seem to be unique to Rexburg.   Sylvia thought it was a very tasty end to a fun day.