Mummies at the Field

We took the girls to the Field Museum tonight for a members' preview of the new Mummies exhibit.

L and Mayu before the program began.

The dinner - chicken, roasted cauliflower, salad, rice and a roll. L had rolls, a lot of rolls.

Andy had the girls do a "shocked" pose by the "Where's Sue?" sign. The museum is relocating Sue and replacing it with a bigger dinosaur. They have markings on the floor where the new dinosaur's footprints will be. We'll have to take Mayu back when the new dinosaur is installed.

From the museum's web site: Our new dinosaur is a cast of Patagotitan mayorum (pat-uh-go-tie-tan my-or-um), a giant, long-necked herbivore from Argentina. From snout to tail, it stretches 122 feet long, longer than two accordion CTA buses end-to-end. The titanosaur will make its home in our main Stanley Field Hall, standing near the fighting African elephants. And it’s so tall that you’ll see its head peeking over our second-floor balcony! Once it arrives, you’ll be able to touch the titanosaur cast, walk underneath it, and take selfies with it from the balcony. Some of its real bones will also be on display, including an 8-foot-long thighbone.