While my blog was on auto pilot last week (hope you don't mind), our family was discovering some of the sights of Omaha, Nebraska. Yes, I know we have done more traveling this past summer than ever before, but we still hadn't had a family vacation!
David suggested Omaha, which presented the obvious Henry Doorly Zoo, but we needed something else to fill in, too. I hopped online and found another little gem--The Durham Museum.
The Durham Museum is housed in Omaha's Union Station, so it was immediately a great fit for our train-loving family! We arrived late Thursday afternoon, and found a surprise waiting for us. Sue the T-Rex was in town! If you have never seen this complete t-rex display, it really is something to see. Sue was found near Faith, SD, and Landen saw it with his Grandma Melius when it was on display there a few years ago. David and I had seen it at the Field Museum in Chicago. This was the first time for Nathan and Teresa and they thought it was pretty neat.
The museum volunteer was wonderful in providing facts and theories about the dinosaur's life, showing us where ribs had been broken and healed, and the holes in the jaw which may have been caused by an infection.
This replica tours the United States, the Field Museum replica is permanently there (including the real skull enclosed in a glass case), and there is also a replica that travels internationally.
After digging for some bones in the children's area, we checked out passenger trains on display and a huge model train display. There is more to this museum as well, including all things relating to settling the west.
The main floor of the station is pretty breathtaking on its own, too.
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