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Exploreum provides dazzling displays and hands-on learning
By Robyn Philips Special to Splash! magazine
 | | Virginia Bres, Exporeum Staff stands near Nespernuub's coffin to answer visitors questions about the exhibit, on loan from the British Museum's famed collection of Egyptian antiquities and artifacts. |
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It's the end of the summer, school is to start in three days and I had made a promise to my daughter. It was it down to the wire, so off we went in my mommy mini-van my daughter, one of her closest girl-friends and I to Mobile, Ala.
We were all excited, it was pouring down rain, the trip took a little longer than expected, but we made it in time for lunch at their Exploreum's Cafe!
Next we watched Orbita MaxMacGillivray Freeman's film "Mystery of the Nile" a breathtaking cinematic adventure that takes you on an epic journey down the Nile River, the world's greatest and most deadly river. For 114 days, a team of explorers led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown face seemingly insurmountable challenges --the world's most dangerous rapids, deadly crocodiles and hippos, gunfire from bandits, malaria, the fierce Saharan sun --as they make their way along all 5,246 kms of the river to became the first in history to complete a full descent of the Nile from source to sea. Throughout the journey, the beauty and wonder of the magnificent Nile region are revealed as never before.
 | | The Mummy exhibit at the Exploreum is dazzling, challenging the imagination to ponder a civilization long ago. |
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Then we met Nespernnub. Well, the sarcophagus and coffin, with Nespernnub's mummified body sealed inside! He was a priest who lived in Karnak in 800 BC (or about 3000 years ago). We along with probably over 100,000 visitors from March 9 to July 31 were able to discover what modern forensics and CT-scan reveal about Nespernnub's life and death. We learned about Nespernnub through an exhibition and a "way cool" 3D virtual reality experience presented in collaboration with the British Museum by the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center.
How do you follow that up, well it was time for the "Hands On Hall" and "Minds On Hall" where you can only imagine the f-u-n we got into in there.
What an incredible day, what an amazing exhibit, I can't believe we almost missed it! The great thing about the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center is that it's a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering science literacy and making science fun. Watch for more information about the next exciting ancient civilization exhibit coming in January 2007 --A Day in Pompeii.
 | | Lyman Thomas Ramsay, 3, and his mom, Brandy visit the Exporeum from Grand Bay, Ala. Lyman tries unraveling and raveling a toy mummy in a hands on area. |
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The Exploreum is located at 65 Government Street in Historic Downtown Mobile at the corner of Water and Government Streets, Exit 26B, Interstate 10.
To find out more call 877-625-4FUN or visit their website at: www.exploreum.net.
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