Night at the Museum

On Friday night my friend Sara and I went to a late night program at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. It was a special event for teachers to get up close and personal with the Terra Cotta Army from the Qin (Chin) Dynasty. In 206 BC Emperor Shi Huang Di died and was buried with a clay army of over 6,000 figures. It was an incredible opportunity for us to see these amazing artifacts up close. We teach Ancient Chinese civilization, so to ave this experience to refer to is pretty cool.
About half-way through the program, when we were really fighting to stay awake, we thought why in the world are we at this museum at 11pm- but then reality hit that these figures were created before Jesus Christ walked the earth- and that really put things in perspective for us. It was pretty amazing. http://www.bowers.org/exhibits/TerraCotta_Warriors/index.jsp

We got up close to admire this soldier and then he gave us a thumbs-up. It scared us to death... and then we laughed so hard we had to get a picture with him. It turns out he's from China and travels with the exhibit.
These were sneak shots- no photography allowed in the gallery, but it was sooo tempting.