Visiting Indy's Children's Museum

Several weeks ago, The Wife's place of business had an evening outing to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The CMI is the largest children-oriented museum in the country, and it is certainly one of the many bright spots in the city. (The first thing that usually comes to people's minds when they hear 'Indianapolis' is this.) We renewed our family membership, so we've been to CMI several times already. However, this night was particularly enjoyable because the outing was held after the museum had closed to the public, so only people from The Wife's place of business were allowed. It was nearly like having the museum to ourselves, and I can't tell you how absolutely pleasurable our time there was.

Here's a shot of The Wife and The Sweet sauntering up the ramp to the third level:

What you see on the left side of the picture is part of Dale Chihuly's Fireworks of Glass, the largest permanent blown glass sculpture. The tower is 43 feet tall and has over 3200 pieces of glass. You can see the whole tower here.

Let's take a closer look at the tower:


Beautiful, isn't it? It's pretty seeing it in a picture, but it's much more impressive when viewed in person. I'm stunned by Chihuly's talent and creativity. He doesn't do this alone, of course; he has a team that assists him.

You can access Chihuly's personal website from here.

Just so you know: There's a sign in the museum which reads that a person is allowed to take pictures of his work for educational or non-commercial purposes.