Just in case you’ve been working too hard to actually look at a calendar, this weekend is Labor Day weekend. As a result, it’s a time to sit back, relax, and eat more burgers, steak, hot dogs, and other food than you would typically ever think possible. In fact, Labor Day is the third most popular day to have a cookout trailing only slightly behind Memorial Day and way behind the Fourth of July. However, if barbecues aren’t really your thing (and I have trouble understanding how that could actually be the case) or you’re looking for something to do before or after your BBQ this weekend, here are a couple of things that you may want to check out.
First, if you’re looking for something that you can do earlier in the day and you’ve always wanted to know what it was like to swab the decks, the U.S.S. Constitution Museum has the exhibit for you. The U.S.S. Constitution Museum currently has an exhibit entitled All Hands on Deck: A Sailor’s Life in 1812. This exhibit will allow you to see what it was like to furl a sail in strong winds, sleep in a hammock, swab the deck, and ultimately what it was like to live aboard the U.S.S. Constitution during the War of 1812. Best of all, the exhibit is included in the regular fee to see the museum, which is only $5 for adults and $2 for children. For more information on the exhibit, please visit the U.S.S. Constitution Museum website.
Secondly, if you’re looking for something that you can do later in the day or you’re thinking that swabbing the decks is best left to the professionals, you can always go see a laser show at the Museum of Science. The Museum of Science currently has three laser shows running every Friday and Saturday night from now until the beginning of September (with extra shows this Sunday and Monday.) These shows, which each last about 40 minutes, will allow you to listen to the music of Queen, Pink Floyd, or even Justin Bieber (*cringe*) while you watch the museum’s highly advanced planetarium display lights and laser images that go along with the music. I have to admit that these light shows are one of my favorite things about the Museum of Science, and they are definitely worth a look. For more information on each of the shows, please visit the Museum of Science’s Planetarium page.