Changes for the better? Absolutely not
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/19/07
I used to be in love with this museum. Even as a teenager, when my father would take us to family member nights, we would look forward to it.
This is not the case anymore.
To those who loved the old museum, you will be shocked. In total, there are about five old exhibits (the giant expanding sphere, the 'height measurer', the reflex tests, the wave machine). However, I was really looking forward to seeing what the new exhibits had to offer. No Touch Tunnel? No blue screens? What gives?
Not only were most of the exhibits not working, the ones that were seemed to be crowded and dirty. The members of the staff that were educated were actually just wandering around, sitting on the couches and at the tables that were randomly added for the 'wireless access' station. In all this space, surely, a few more exhibits would not have hurt.
There was also an exhibit dealing with what the Islam population brought to science. If they have an Islam section, surely there must be a few other religions represented somewhere? Absolutely not. I suppose this is just LSC's way of saying 'We accept everyone.' It almost seems haughty.
As far as the value, the food was too expensive (and not great at all), and the price for admission was too expensive (and certain students get in for free. Not all schools get the same free admission.) So, the museum also seems to be trying to attract a new demographic, which leaves other schools out. As someone who lived in a teacher household, this is upsetting to me.
Even the IMAX theater, one of the things that everyone can enjoy, was destroyed. A big hole was left in the screen, and the seats were ripped apart.
Being from Union County, NJ, I thought I would've never said this, but I would spend the money and travel down to Philadelphia, and go to the Franklin Institute. They made some changes, but the classics are still there. The same cannot be said for Liberty Science Center, all that time being closed for something absolutely worthless.