Museum of Science in Boston

The kids and I went to the Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston. We went on a Monday that was an inservice day for the kids- hoping the crowds would not be too bad. Unfortunately no pictures were allowed inside the exhibit. Their favorite thing was this display that is one of the first things you see when you walk into the museum. It is a whole obstacle course type of thing with billard balls.

Justin loved just sitting and watching the balls go through the track.

Learning to flap our arms and fly like a bird.
Playing the shell game.
Jessica putting on a shadow play for us.
Pretending to be astronauts.

We enjoyed the exhibit as well. Before we entered a few of the children got the opportunity to sit on the chair and put on the sorting hat. Justin went up and just like the 2 girls before him, he was sorted into Gryffindor. It was props and costumes from the movies. I would have loved to have stayed longer and listen to everything on the audio tour- but alas that is not possible with my companions. Justin loved throwing the Quaffle through the hoops and Jessica really wanted me to buy her Hermione's wand they were selling for $45 in the gift shop- um.... no. The only thing was I sensed Jessica didn't enjoy it as much as I expected she would- see to her Hogwarts is real and these characters were real and it was like looking behind the Wizard's curtain.