Cool Field Trip

Recently I visited the City Museum in St. Louis. Here's an excerpt on what this place is all about:

Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, the museum is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed artist Bob Cassilly, a classically trained sculptor and serial entrepreneur, the museum opened for visitors in 1997 to the riotous approval of young and old alike.

Cassilly and his longtime crew of 20 artisans have constructed the museum from the very stuff of the city; and, as a result, it has urban roots deeper than any other institutions'. Reaching no farther than municipal borders for its reclaimed building materials, CITY MUSEUM boasts features such as old chimneys, salvaged bridges, construction cranes, miles of tile, and even two abandoned planes!

"CITY MUSEUM makes you want to know," says Cassilly. "The point is not to learn every fact, but to say, 'Wow, that's wonderful.' And if it's wonderful, it's worth preserving."

And WOW, this place is wonderful!

It's Monday!!! Share an Ahhh Haaa Moment

I Wikied this weekend....what did you do? Have you ever taken one of those classes where you actually didn't get sleepy the whole eight hours, where you didn't take the breaks offered to you, where you actually learned something you might just use in your classroom? Hot "DOG" I did!!! See me to get an extra 30 minutes prep time to create a Wiki Page.