This should be in a museum!

Feeling adventurous, Adam and I headed out to Vieux-Port this past Sunday for the Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology exhibit at the Montreal Science Centre.  Adam had been wanting to go since I moved here, and the exhibit will only be in Montreal until September 18, so we decided to go check it out.  


I have insisted on leading the way when we go out so I can learn my way around the city.  Adam isn't allowed to correct me if I make a mistake - I learn best through experience.  Luckily the route to the museum is not complicated.  A quick Metro ride downtown and I managed to get out at the proper stop and successfully led us to the museum.  On our walk through Vieux-Port we stopped to check out some downtown condo listings posted in a window, but decided the million dollar lofts weren't really our style.  I happen to like our cozy, narrow apartment in the Plateau.  And I think it will get even better once I "girl" it up a bit.

My wayfinding skills took a turn for the worse as soon as we arrived inside the museum.  I'm still not really certain if the museum's signage was poor or if our excitement was at fault, but we somehow managed to walk right by the very long ticket line and down a very long hallway all the way to the archaeology exhibit - only to be turned back to the museum entrance for our admission tickets.  Once we managed to do things in the proper order we were finally allowed into the exhibit.  


It is billed as an interactive museum adventure, shedding light on historical myths (such as the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail) through clips and memorabilia from the movies.  The displays include a large collection of Indiana Jones film props, costumes, models, concept art and set design from the Lucasfilm archives along with material remains and real world artifacts from around the world. 

It was a unique comparison, and I learned a lot.  Who knew bullwhips are not standard gear for archaeologists?  I think Adam was hoping for more action and that we would be chased through the exhibit by a giant bolder.  He spent more time on the movie displays than most of the artifacts (although the hieroglyphics had his attention).  At one point, while going through an educational section of the exhibit, Adam said to me, "We can skip this extra stuff... there is more Indiana Jones stuff over here!"  Of course we stopped to try on fedoras at the gift shop.


After spending a couple hours going through the museum, we wandered over to Chinatown for a delicious lunch.  Our bellies full of sizzling beef, we headed back to the Metro and home.  But not before we stopped to get our free samples of Dr. Pepper inexplicably being handed out from the back of a Dr. Pepper van.  Not a bad day for a couple of couch potatoes. :)