Tonight was the first ever installment of Adult Night at the Boston Children's Museum. Some 700 people sol the event out almost two weeks in advance, and I'm proud to say that at least 15 of those were directly through me and I'm sure more beyond that.
Overall it was a very fun night, climbing the three-story CLIMB, making giant bubbles, fingerpainting etc. Some of the museum is bit too academic (not surprising so near to Cambridge), with a lot of emphasis on culture, teaching life lessons (e.g. eating healthy, which to me isn't a particularly interesting feature of a museum), and other components that just didn't demand much in the way of creativity from the child/adult. The Madison children's museum seemed to do a much better job of this, including multiple different giant erector-type sets, than BCM. The other aspect that I think works to BCM's disadvantage is its enormous space, which means strangers simply don't bump into each other nearly as frequently.
That said, the event was still a blast and everyone I talked to said they had so much fun. It turns out that beer + basic fun childhood activities can easily entertain adults for 3 hours. I'm hoping they'll do it again in a few months and perhaps try to add some more twists (live music, perhaps) to keep me coming back into the future.
Overall it was a very fun night, climbing the three-story CLIMB, making giant bubbles, fingerpainting etc. Some of the museum is bit too academic (not surprising so near to Cambridge), with a lot of emphasis on culture, teaching life lessons (e.g. eating healthy, which to me isn't a particularly interesting feature of a museum), and other components that just didn't demand much in the way of creativity from the child/adult. The Madison children's museum seemed to do a much better job of this, including multiple different giant erector-type sets, than BCM. The other aspect that I think works to BCM's disadvantage is its enormous space, which means strangers simply don't bump into each other nearly as frequently.
That said, the event was still a blast and everyone I talked to said they had so much fun. It turns out that beer + basic fun childhood activities can easily entertain adults for 3 hours. I'm hoping they'll do it again in a few months and perhaps try to add some more twists (live music, perhaps) to keep me coming back into the future.
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