During our road trip stop in Philadelphia, we spent a day at The Franklin Institute. Yes, its named after that Franklin. Speaking of which, this is on the graveyard wall above his tomb. I like it.
We had a great day at the Institute and got to see the Mummies of the World exhibition which is the largest exhibition of human mummies EVER. Very creepy. Very interesting. Very gross. But no, pictures. They were not allowed. The highpoint of this for Connor was most definitely the mummified remains of an Egyptial noble who had enough money for the embalmers/priests to pay extra special attention to his "manhood"..if you know what I mean. It was out there for all of antiquity to enjoy. There were many South American mummies--I'd never seen that before. And an entire Dutch family from the 1700s who died of tuberculosis and naturally mummified.
Connor got to ride the SkyBike and we got to explore the Giant Heart (which I remember from when I was a kid). It was a great day to be inside because it was 100 degrees and we really enjoyed it.
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