Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology

Here it is. I've been looking forward to this for a few months now and it didn't disappoint.

For my birthday Chad took me to the Telus World of Science to see the Indiana Jones exhibit. 

We went during 'Dark Matters.' An adults only night that allows access to the whole building including whatever special exhibits are on at the time. 

They usually bring on special displays just for the evening as well as a bar. We even watched someone making Bailey's ice cream with liquid nitrogen. 

Upon entering the show room we were given tablets and headphones to take with us. This allows for a more interactive experience, not to mention that fact that I didn't have to read anything. A+ to whoever came up with this. We just put in a number corresponding to whatever we were looking at and it talked us through it, showed us a video or even let us play. There were virtual "clues" to collect all throughout and in the end you have an idol built from them. 

Wanna take a look around? 

For obvious reasons the costumes are my favorite part, though I get pretty excited about the props as well. Above is Indy's adventure costume and below is the Idol he retrieves only to nearly escape being crushed by a boulder. 

A scetch of how the boulder scene would work. 

Raiders of the Lost Ark, prop

 

Marion's costume

Short round's costume. 

Fancy Indy and Willie from The Temple of Doom

A headdress worn by the crazy man in Temple of Doom

Some of the exhibit was real artifacts borrowed from museums. It's about archaeology as much as it is about Indiana Jones. 

This is one of the oldest known maps. Primitive and not to scale, but impressive no less.

The Last Crusade, props

More pieces from museums. 

This one has a language that is not deciphered yet. That makes me very excited. 

The Last Crusade, which is the true Grail?

Professor Henry Jones' Grail diary 

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  

This guy was amazing. He must have been 10 feet tall at least. 

And that is all the pictures I have to share. I highly recommend anyone who is interested to go see this. It took Chad and I 3 hours to get through and we weren't taking our time. Leave enough time for yourself to really check things out and enjoy. 

Let me know what you think of it if you go! 

xoxo