Member Night at the Field

We usually get one "big" membership per year and this year we picked the Field Museum.   Since we wanted an ASTC reciprocal membership for some other travels, the choice was between Museum of Science & Industry and Field; we had done MSI previously so William chose Field.   Since we just got it we hadn't even been on a regular visit yet when Members Night was announced.   John was still in Florida so I knew I would be at home to get William on a random Thursday night, so I registered us.   Turns out John got home from his travels early and all three of us were able to go!

 

There was SO MUCH behind the scenes to see that it was hard to decide what to do.  We focused our evening on the scavenger hunt they designed which included 5 stops to collect buttons which were then presented to "win" a plastic dino.   It took us from the basement where they were dissecting specimens, to the upper floor offices where there was moon rock - and all the floors in between!   The real highlight of the evening was seeing a stuffed Okapi, which is William's favorite animal on the Animal Kingdom safari and the souvenir we gifted him after our couples trip to Disney earlier in the week!   William also got to create his own animal:  the Priviate.   It was a lovely evening in the city.