About 2 years ago, the dead sea scrolls came to the Museum Terminal in Cincinnati as a part of a traveling exhibit. As someone who has grown up in the church and has a love of history, I was chomping at the bit for an excuse to go see it. Such an excuse came in March, when my boyfriend and I had our 2 year anniversary. What better way to spend it than by looking at a bunch of old stuff, right???
Well...the experience was absolutely TERRIBLE. It would have been super awesome, the scrolls themselves were breathtaking. But everyone around me in the exhibit made me boiling mad. The Dead Sea Scrolls, much of them containing scripture on them, are of course of particular interest to local church groups. The result is that several churches took field trips to see them. This alone is not a problem. The problem is that the room containing the scrolls can only hold so many people. These groups would get in the room, then refuse to leave until everyone was ready to go. There are some museum visitors that like to read every single word. Not all of these people read quickly.
When you bought a ticket for this particular exhibit, you were assigned a time to go in. This was because the exhibit began with an immersive video-like multimedia event to set the stage. So when we showed up for our assigned time, there was a massive line ahead of us. We ended up waiting for an hour and half past our ticketed time. All because people wouldn't leave the room. To be honest, the whole experience soured me a bit from wanting to see special exhibits. Eventually another one will sound interesting enough that I'll bite the bullet and want to go, but until that time, not happening.
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