A few weeks ago it was beautiful Spring weather and Joseph had the day off work so we took the little kids on an outing while the big kids were at school. We went to a public library about 45 minutes from our house that had a museum in it. The museum was in an old house built in 1830 and in 1880 it was donated to the city for use as a library. In the 1890s a man who lived in the town, Cazenovia, went to Egypt and purchased an Egyptian mummy and other Egyptian artifacts. The artifacts were brought back and have been on display for over 100 years at the library. The mummy was about my size and there is an x-ray of the mummy, too. It was all pretty interesting especially when you consider it was free.
There were other things on display as well. Most of them were keepsakes from members of the town... hats, old toys and clothes. There was a reading room with portraits of the original owners of the house and the Frenchman for whom the town was named. We spent about an hour wandering around the museum before letting the kids relax in the kid section of the library.
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| In front of the mummy. |
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| Close up of the mummy. |
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| Reading room. There were multiple fireplaces in the house and they were all unique and very pretty. I'm not sure what type of rock was used to make them, but if I had to guess I would say marble. There were white, black, and terra-cotta colored fireplaces. |
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| Children's toys. |
Relaxing in the library.
Lincoln posing with a penguin outside the library.
After lunch we went to Chittenango Falls to enjoy a small hike to the waterfall. It was our third time at Chittenango Falls. It had rained multiple days previous to our visit so the falls were full and flowing swiftly.
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| Group selfie at the Falls. |
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