Magic for Muggles at South Florida Science Museum

We went to the South Florida Science Museum in West Palm today for a Harry Potter event. Since thundershowers were forecasted, and came, we planned an indoor activity. We bought the kids Fun Passes through the south florida parenting paper, and this was our first use of it. Since the movie and book are releasing in July, it has produced a mass of Harry Potter events. This is the 1st we went to, and have at least 2 more planned: the movie (July 11th) and the book release party.

Here is Shayna playing the Trivia wheel:



There was a Robotics exhibit, and we got to see R2D2. Shayna has been rewatching the Star Wars movies lately.

Shayna and Skyler getting sorted into thier house, with the sorting hat. They both got Gryffindor.

Once sorted, you got a house badge to color in, and then it was made into a pin. here are Shayna and Skyler coloring thier badges, Skyler is wearing Harry Potter glasses:

There were 2 really impressive shows. one was the "school of magic" and the other was "O.W.L.S. Review." The 1st was like you were in a class at Hogwarts, the second was kind of a magic/spells show. Here is Shayna on stage at the second "OWLS" show:

For a small science museum, it sure had a lot of variety. There was an Egypt section with a REAL child mummy, lots of hands on things, an aquarium section, and a neat colorful motion screen room.

South Florida Science Museum website:

www.sfsm.org