The DoSeum

I learned about this hands-on children's museum while I was researching tourist info for San Antonio. It got excellent reviews and looked like such a fun museum, but I didn't think we'd have time to visit since our trip was so short. Then, when we were at Sea World, this amazing couple behind us at one of the shows asked if we'd be in town for a few days and if we wanted free tickets that she had won to the DoSeum. Well, sure!! We were so happy that we had the chance to visit this museum and would highly recommend it to anyone else who travels to San Antonio.

The exhibits were very hands-on and perfect for our boys' age and interest level. First, Cody and Jaden had a dinosaur "fight" by stretching their arms in front of these two computers. The dinosaur necks on the screen would imitate whatever the boys' hands were doing, including opening and closing their mouths as the boys opened up their hands. So fun! 

Then, we spent a brief amount of time in this wind tunnel, testing to see how far each item would blow in the wind.

Jaden and Cody's very favorite exhibit was this large section of the museum called Little Town where they had a chance to dress up and act out different roles. Each area was so well done! The boys drove a trolley,

dressed up as construction workers,

actually moved features on this digger,

transported mulch,

pretended to be a pilot,

sent items back and forth to one another through the vacuum tubes (which are actually called pneumatic tubes, apparently-- I had to look it up!) at this bank,

and spent a long time pretending to be veterinarians. 

This section of Little Town was one of my favorites, too. Each animal cage was labeled with a specific issue that an animal might have (needs shot, needs bath, needs to be groomed, etc.)

When they saw all the tasks to be done, Jaden and Cody got really serious and costumed up. :)

We loved this animal X-ray machine!

Depending on which type of animal went into the machine, an X-ray of that type of animal would show up on the screen and alert the vets to whatever broken bone or problem this animal might have. How cool!

Dr. Jaden gave shots...

while Dr. Cody read this poor pup's temperature... 

...and then gave him a scrub-down bath. We were very impressed with these vets' level of professionalism. :)

After our time in Little Town, we explored some sound exhibits,

a light table,

and then tried to draw light pictures on the wall.

Jaden and Cody each designed small parachutes and tested them out in these wind tunnels. The best part is always trying to catch the parachutes when they exit the top of the tube!

We also got to jump onto various continents and see on the screen pictures of that part of the world.

Daddy helped the boys try to "catch" various hidden items moving around the map.

Then, the boys used blocks, road pieces, park squares, fences, and railroad trips to build a sort of town.

Our last stop was to visit the outside playground with this enormous slide!

Again, we were blessed with a perfect weather day to be outside, so Jaden and Cody loved their time on this playscape.

We likely could've spent another couple hours at this museum if we had visited first thing in our day rather than in the afternoon when the boys were getting tired. We felt good about all the exhibits we explored, though, and were especially thankful for our absolutely free admission!