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| The entrance to the center |
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| Another interactive exhibit |
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| Me and Mr Burro |
The Witte Museum is opening a new building this week--the South Texas Heritage Center. We went to check it out on Thursday since it was a Members' Preview day, well, Wednesday and Thursday,and it was pretty good. My impression: that this is the museum of the future. It had all kinds of interactive exhibits, hands-on, audio, multimedia, the works. There's a life size statue of an old time freighter at the entrance that welcomes visitors, i mean, literally welcomes them. "HI, welcome visitors"--it's an audio recording and the head of the guy is superimposed so that the mouth and eyes move. It's cool, but also creepy. Throughout the building there's all kinds of art, and stories of people who helped shaped the area. Some have a button to push and a hologram comes out telling his story. The ribbon cutting ceremony was this morning but we couldn't make it, it's the official opening to the public. They also have live historical recreations and actors dressed in period clothing through out the place that you can talk to and ask questions and they'll be more than glad to tell you 'who they are' and their stories. It's pretty cool, i liked it and highly recommend it, especially since this is a long holiday weekend and the summer coming up, something to do with the family.
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| One of the video exhibits, you press a button to activate |
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| A live historical demonstration |
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| Another live demonstration, a flutist |
Finally went to see Battleship today and I was pleasantly surprised. The effects were pretty good, the story was good (just don't think too much about it) and the whole courage under fire theme was admirable. I liked it because it turns the loose cannon guy into a heroe and forces him to become a leader because others are counting on him. All in all, i didn't notice the 2 hr plus time that we spent in the theatre (plus, it wasn't too crowded).
