The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is hoping to make a big splash with its about-to-open King Tut exhibition. (For details,
click here.)
But are artifacts from the boy king a big enough draw to get you to part with $25 for adult tickets on weekdays, up to $30 on weekends? And, if you go, will the kids, ticketed at $15 each, be left home with a sitter?
Keep in mind, we are talking about some of the great treasures of history. And that $50 dropped for you and a date at Tut would barely cover one of the cheapest seats at a Colts game.
So, is the price right?
But are artifacts from the boy king a big enough draw to get you to part with $25 for adult tickets on weekdays, up to $30 on weekends? And, if you go, will the kids, ticketed at $15 each, be left home with a sitter?
Keep in mind, we are talking about some of the great treasures of history. And that $50 dropped for you and a date at Tut would barely cover one of the cheapest seats at a Colts game.
So, is the price right?
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I'm betting there will be 'deals' along the way (I think Travelzoo is offering some) and other group purchases.
I'm glad the CM has this great thing and hope they do well. If the public buys tickets (and evidently they have) and it sells out all the time, then they probably priced it too low! If not, look for those discounts.
Most families of multiple children would find this a steep cost. Perhaps a compromise in a couple of 'members only' nights where your membership is the cost of admission?
Certainly could help increase the number of memberships.
This same exhibit is more expensive in it's other location in San Francisco. This is a VERY limited tour - and I believe it will only have 3 or 4 stops in North America. I imagine the Children's Museum will see visitors from everywhere east of the Mississippi just because of this limited opportunity.
We should be proud to have a museum that has been able to draw this attraction. And I'm guessing there several foundations that helped get it here and are underwriting its cost so we all aren't paying more.
Besides, I couldn't hardly take a family of 4 to dinner and to see a movie for $90.
I'm making this once in a lifetime opportunity a priority, and will skip a few meals out and movie nights to go. Gladly.
I do believe this is all with the blessing of Egypt, and it goes back there.
For goodness sakes, better get off the high moral ground. These Egytptian treasures were gotten off the blood, sweat, and tears of slave laborers. I guess this really belongs to Israel?!
Back to the question, this exhibit made select stops many years ago, including Chicago. Then, they said it was the last such trip. But here they are, with three North American stops, Indy, Atlanta, and one in Canada. By the sound of the calibre of the exhibition and the select cities, I'd say $30 (and that's the highest price,) is more than reasonable.
It's a big get for Indy. I have friends coming from Cleveland to see this, the town, and spend money. It's a big deal.
I think there are some foundations that sponsored the cost for school groups and those with little disposable income the opportunity to see the exhibit.
If you can't afford it and want to see it, its probably worth a call to the museum to find out if they have any programs to help.
The new construction also came out of grants that the late Julia Carson worked so hard to get. Facts, people....facts.
Heated discussion - love it. ;o)
Another thought- perhaps some of the companies that have helped the Pacers or the Colts in the past with giving away tickets to fill the seats so we wouldn't have TV blackouts (sellout game) could buy tickets to this exhibit or more art related exhibits like this and give them to students that wouldn't otherwise have a chance to do so.
They did change the bus stop, but they completed the pedestrian access from the garage into the new welcome center. They added a bike parking area, added a new drop off lane from Illinois, rearranged the loading area for deliveries and exhibit drop off, not including a host of things designed to make visitors safer from the traffic of Illinois street. It also included a better way for school groups to drop off and visit the museum.
It is a Safety and Transportation grant. Open your eyes. It makes sense.
I understand the art and culture and all that. I really do. And if I didn't have kids and the expenses that come with trying to preserve a secure family, I would be interested in seeing the exhibit.
I think the exhibit is more of an adult opportunity- so the confusion comes from why it is hosted by the Children's Museum. I read the comment about where that come from. I'd not heard that before.
And for the record- We've been members of the Museum for 3 years. We did let the membership lapse last month. Want to let potential crowds for Tut even out a bit before we renew it. Our kids are too young to appreciate it so we won't be partaking.