Sorry, Abbott and Costello, mummies are just not that scary.
Unless they're fighting Brendon Frasier, mummies mostly spend their days lying around decomposing at a startlingly slow rate. How so very frightening for them.
For kids who've grown up in a world where a surplus of dead bodies can be seen on television during one of the dozen episodes of Law and Order that air each night, driving all the way to the Houston Museum of Natural Science to see a stiff wrapped in toilet paper sounds about as fun as Family Scrabble Night.
But tell the rugrats you are taking them to see a dinosaur mummy?
You'll have to restrain them in the backseat with duct tape; they'll be so excited.
In an exhibit on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science from Friday through January, museum visitors will not only get the chance to see an actual dinosaur mummy, they'll even participate in the investigation being undertaken to learn how it died.
This world premiere exhibit stars Leonardo, the most perfectly fossilized plant-eating dinosaur discovered. Not only does he have all of his skin intact, much of his soft tissue and internal organs seem to be fossilized as well -- giving scientists a chance to look "inside" the thunder lizard.
Tickets to the exhibit are $8 for members and $15 for nonmembers. Additional details and the opportunity to purchase tickets in advance can be found at www.hmns.org.
While at the museum, visitors who did not see enough mummies to sate their morbid curiosity can visit the returning Body Worlds exhibit.
This world-famous display includes over 200 real human body specimens perfectly preserved (minus their skin) and posed in everyday actions such as jumping, yoga and playing poker.
For those of you who watched the film Hellraiser and thought to yourself, "Gee, I wish I could see more skinless human bodies," Body Worlds 2, also on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, is the exhibit for you. Tickets for this exhibit range are $17 for members and $25 for nonmembers.
-- Robert Saucedo
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