Gary W. Graley
“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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My wife and I drove up to Rochester to visit our youngest daughter's family and youngest grandson, we visited The Strong National Museum of Play and it is a great place to visit! Lots of interesting history shown there and plenty of things for kids young and old to do, worth a visit if you ever get up that way.
But...isn't there always one?...DO NOT BRING knives/weapons into the museum. I did not know that, I checked their site and it wasn't mentioned but they have a metal detector and guess who set it off?
The security folks were very pleasant, they asked me to empty my pockets on the table, it felt like a scene from Mad Max when he went through security...fortunately I had left my neck knife in the car and only brought a few items, but they do add up.
Pliers, Swiss army knives two sizes, a fisher space pen, flashlight, one large one very small, one whistle, one small two bladed folder, one larger folder, both folders were slip joints.
The two security guards looked at each other and then at me as I kept drawing things from my pockets.
I told them I didn't know there were restrictions and that I can take them out to the car. The one guy offered to hold the items for me, I declined his generous offer
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Of course my wife rolled her eyes, as she had warned me to not bring anything in, but they were fairly innocuous items, at least in my eyes, not so much in the security guards though.
So, I highly recommend a visit, but leave the metal in the car
G2
But...isn't there always one?...DO NOT BRING knives/weapons into the museum. I did not know that, I checked their site and it wasn't mentioned but they have a metal detector and guess who set it off?
The security folks were very pleasant, they asked me to empty my pockets on the table, it felt like a scene from Mad Max when he went through security...fortunately I had left my neck knife in the car and only brought a few items, but they do add up.
Pliers, Swiss army knives two sizes, a fisher space pen, flashlight, one large one very small, one whistle, one small two bladed folder, one larger folder, both folders were slip joints.
The two security guards looked at each other and then at me as I kept drawing things from my pockets.
I told them I didn't know there were restrictions and that I can take them out to the car. The one guy offered to hold the items for me, I declined his generous offer
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrOf course my wife rolled her eyes, as she had warned me to not bring anything in, but they were fairly innocuous items, at least in my eyes, not so much in the security guards though.
So, I highly recommend a visit, but leave the metal in the car
G2
