Thank God for the clear, hot Sunday morning in Seoul. It was raining the whole week, that i felt like a cooped up chicken. We decided to the Science museum of Seoul. And there was a bus from close home directly to the museum. We caught the 143 in the morning after a brisk walk to the bus stop and again, Thanked God for the AC in the bus. We unfortunately got off at a earlier stop and had to walk through a busy roadside market selling seasonal veggies to cellphones. It was not a sight i would want to go through again. We walked to the Museum that is located very close to the Changgeonggung palace, one of the five grand palaces of Seoul and the bus stop is close to the Seoul National University Hospital. The entrance fee was just 1,000Won for adults and 500Won for kids. I was kind of hoping for a exorbitant display in the science museum...
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| Entrance of the Changgeonggung Palace, Seoul |
The museum itself was a somber place, with a lot of hands-on activity for the kids. It was clean and filled with diversions, yet with a bit of unexplainable dullness. It was crowded, as usual, but we were able to get a chance at every activity. Physics was of focus on the lower floor.
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| Will i achieve 3D through a camera? Yellow 3D glasses |
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| Heat detector at the Science museum |
There was a person, selling wax impressions of the hand at the museum which was the show stealer. Dipping the hand into the warm wax and then into the cold water, we got a wax impression of my son's hand. It was pretty cool to see him pull of the impression from his hand just like removing a glove... It was then dyed in whatever colors we wanted.
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| This was the result |
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| Yellow, green and blue |
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| Hand of glory in violet, blue and white. |
As you can see, it is quite brittle and it chipped off the next day!
I have always seen the world map with the Americas on the left. Africa in the middle and Asia in the right, in Korea, this is the way the world map is...Guess, everybody imagines themselves to be in the center of the universe!
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| Triceratops |
The life-size triceratops was quite appealing. The looks of it, its movement and sounds were quite good.
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I have always seen the world map with the Americas on the left. Africa in the middle and Asia in the right, in Korea, this is the way the world map is...Guess, everybody imagines themselves to be in the center of the universe!
Nice post for MYM!
ReplyDeleteWish I can visit Korea too..:)
ReplyDeleteDropping by from MYM…Zinnia , Pomelos and Pineapples, Serious Taxi Driver and White & Yellow Flower
Amazing...doesn't the hot wax burn the skin? So cool...niiice blog!
ReplyDeleteThat is great looking science museum.
ReplyDeleteThat's a place that I really want to visit. Very interesting shots!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting place. Have a fabulous week.
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Liz @ YACB
wow! that looks like a great place...
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a great outing!
ReplyDeleteWow that is beautiful! I love to visit Korea they said it is expensive? Is it right?
ReplyDeleteMary, MI
that was fun! great place for the young and the young once.:p
ReplyDeleteAmazing result, so cool!
ReplyDeleteVisiting for MYM- hope you can stop by..
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Great Pics , looked like a fun visit !
ReplyDeleteGood to see interactive museums! Lovely captures!
ReplyDeleteGreat captures and what a fascinating museum!! Thanks for sharing with us!!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
Those are gorgeous remembrances!
ReplyDeleteCome and have some of my Yummy Yellows. Have a great week!
Love that wax hand. What a fun souvenir, right? :) If I remember correctly they have this at the Tussauds too.
ReplyDeleteGreat view of a modern science museum!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteInteresting shot of the world map.
ReplyDeleteGreat series.
Interesting wax impression of the hand! Tour son must have been thrilled!
ReplyDeleteThat was a very interesting description your visit to the science museum. I wonder if the one in Vancouver is also kind of dull. I haven't visited it for a long time. I loved the hand impression but am sorry it chipped the next day. Your comment about everyone imagining they are the centre of the universe made me smile. That is so true.
ReplyDeleteThat hand is creepy!
ReplyDeleteThe map reminds me of the "upside-down" map we saw in New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteI like the hand!!
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