On Wednesday, my old Boston gal-pal Heidi and I finally made it to the Noah’s Ark exhibit at The Skirball. It’s a new exhibit that just opened this Summer, but as you can imagine there was a pretty hefty wait to get tickets. Things seemed to have settled down and on Wednesday, there was hardly anyone there. Perfect. 
It was really incredible. I mean look at the Zebra. Keyboard mane and all. It’s interactive, so everything is meant to be touched and gently played with. You could spin the back/bum of the zebra in circles. Very cool. It’s not everyday you get to spin a zebra’s bum.
And how about this ‘gator? It was a violin case and the eyes were molded out of a pair of womens black leather gloves.
A noodled porcupine?? Brilliant.
And how about this owl creation??
This elephant was up on the 2nd level of the ark and so Henry & I climbed up this rope wall thing and if you pulled the rope, the elephants nose flew up and make a big "prrrrrrrhhhh!" noise.
This was one of Henry’s favorite parts. On the right side of the ark, you could load the animals onto this conveyor belt and then turn the big steel wheel to make them go up, up, up and when they finally got to the top they dropped down a chute into a basket so you could do it again and again. And again.
One last photo: (maybe) 
This was really cool. Henry’s cranking the water pump and as he does, it causes the rain to fall and the ark to rise (he’s holding onto an elephant that he latched onto the second we got there and held until the minute we left.)
The Noah’s ark exhibit is permanent, so if you get a chance, head on over. It’s incredible and the kids will have a ball. At the Skirball. Muhaha.
Sorry for all the pics! It was really dim in there and so some came out grainy. The Halloween stuff is finally coming out this weekend (I’m so ashamed! LOL)
xoxo
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