Presidents and Prisons

George H.W. Bush Library & Museum - College Station, TX

I'm running a little ahead of schedule so I'm spending the next couple of days seeing things in the Huston area. Today I went to a couple of museums just North of Huston. First was the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. This was so much better than the LBJ Museum. The LBJ was mostly pictures and text on the walls.

The White House - George H.W. Bush Museum

The Bush museum was very interactive, and they had a lot of things for kids. In the section devoted to Bush's years in the CIA I watched a kid put his hand on a palm scanner, the monitor then showed how it was narrowing in on his location using satellite camera's until it zoomed into the top of his head with a camera in the ceiling. The kid thought it was the greatest thing. My favorite was a room that was setup as a replica of the Bush's Living room where they had a TV playing outtakes from PSA's that the bush's had recorded and clips of Dana Carvey Impersonating the President. Overall, a very well done museum.

Texas Prison Museum - Huntsville, TX

Then it was off to the Texas Prison Museum. Actually not my first prison museum. As far as prison museums go... it was about average. It had all the things you might expect at a prison museum, weapons that the guards used over the years, Weapons that the prisoners used. They also had a cell setup so that you could have your picture taken in prison. They will even lend you a striped shirt for the photo.

"Old Sparky" Texas Prison Museum

The other thing you tend to find in a prison museum is a chair called sparky. I don't know why but all prisons seem to call their electric chair "Sparky". The other thing you'll find in a good prison museum, is their wall of fame. One of the most famous prisoners of the Texas prison system was David Crosby from Crosby, Stills, Nash and sometimes Young.

Dinner tonight was nothing special, I went to a place called Bob Luby's Seafood Grill. I think they should change their name to Bob Luby's Seafood Deep Fryer...

Kugs

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Kugs on the road on April 11, 2010 from Huntsville, United States

from the travel blog: Texas 2K10

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Where is the photo of you in the prison cell?

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