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Two Cool Museum Exhibitions Open This Weekend

BADM stream for Animal SecretsLooking for something to do this weekend that doesn't involve Halloween? Two interesting new exhibitions open at local museums this weekend that could be perfect outings for your family.

At Sausalito's Bay Area Discovery Museum, families can explore the hidden habitats and secret lives of forest animals in the special exhibition Animal Secrets, which runs from tomorrow through May 9, 2010. Specially designed for children ages 3–8, Animal Secrets uses imagintive role-play and hands-on activities to help children discover nature from an animal's point of view. Environments to be explored include a stream, meadow, woodland, cave, and naturalist's tent.

The Bay Area Discovery Museum is open Tuesday–Friday 9 am–4 pm and weekends 10 am–5 pm. Admission is $8 for children 1–17 and seniors 62+ and $10 for adults; free for children under 1 and members.

For more information, visit www.baykidsmuseum.org or call (415) 339-3900.

Very Postmortem: Mummies & MedicineAcross the Golden Gate Bridge at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco's Lincoln Park is Very Postmortem: Mummies & Medicine. This small scale exhibition showcases the mummy of Irethorrou, an ancient Egyptian priest, and the scientific examination of the mummy via a CT-scan done at Stanford University Medical center. The exhibition also includes a selection of ancient Egyptian artifacts including mummy masks and a wooden sarcophagous, as well as forensic reconstructions of the heads of Iretorrou and his father, whose mummy is held by the Tacoma Art Museum, in Tacoma, Washington.

The Legion is open Tuesday–Sunday from 9:30 am–5:15 pm. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors 65+, $6 for youth 13–17, and free for children 12 and under and members.

More information: www.legionofhonor.org or (415) 750-3600