Today we headed into town to the Strathcona County Museum, to join in with their Festive activities. For only $20 you can sign up for a family membership for a WHOLE YEAR!!! So we did that!! We were given a guide of historical sites to visit in the area, and quite a few of them I didn't know about, so I think we're going to visit a few of them in the next few months!
The museum has really changed since I was there last - and since Chris worked there! It is so much more hands-on now, which the kids LOVE - and each room has a button you can press, which sets off a tv, that plays a movie and talks you through the era...a few of the rooms have changed too.
The children were given activity books to take for another time - they each match their grade levels. They were also given scavenger hunts to do - they had to do things like find out how many Dutch Elves were hiding in the museum, how many stockings were hanging on the tree, how many bears were hidden around the exhibits etc etc...oh and where the German Shepherd Reko was displayed on the wall..
They got to decorate cookies, hunt for candy canes and then take one home....cut out and take home paper dolls, and decorate paper gingerbread men to hang on a tree.
We had a quick look around the museum but didn't really learn anything much about the displays as it was more of a 'fun' visit this time, but as we now have free access for a year, they suggest we plan a field trip with more families (three families went today) and plan a themed visit with guides.
We can also go one day with our activity guides and go through them.
