The New San Antonio Do Seum

Elena and I had only two hours to explore the new San Antonio Do Seum. She liked it.  She likes everything.

I'd been so looking forward to this new venue for children, but I decided--after our first go--not to buy a membership.  While the outside of the building is impressive, parking is next-to-impossible and the inside is not interesting enough, in my humble opinion as a grandmother, to want to go again.  Unless Elena really really wants to....

Since its title suggests something like a museum, I naturally expected that it would leave us with some knowledge and inspiration.   Elena liked playing veterinarian, shopper, construction worker and cook--but after we did those things and went upstairs, the noise and crowds made it seem more like a huge McDonalds playground than a museum.

The first exhibit was the best--a series of rotating mirrors

The second exhibit was second best--a screen on which
children can play with their shadows against projected
moving pictures

Here you can put on frayed butterfly wings and stand
in front of a huge fan.  

Or pretend to be a construction worker

You can give shots to stuffed animals
and run them through an x-ray
machine that doesn't do anything.

The veterinary clinic, however, was Elena's favorite

With her dog, Brownie

Shopping at HEB, Elena bought a cart full of
plastic carrots.