What's There to See Here?!
At Vienna’s Music Museum (Haus der Musik), I got to virtually conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of a waltz. I had to almost shove aside a couple of eager 10-year-olds who wanted to skip the line and take their turns before me, but for three minutes I controlled the orchestra’s tempo, volume and instruments using an infrared baton and a responsive video. I recommend you give it a try -- arrive early to the museum and rush to the third floor so you can do it a few times before any one else shows up to wait in line. Click here to watch me conduct the orchestra. Chris and I have visited dozens of museums during our seven months of full-time travel. And we've found that many offer much more than a chance to browse through halls of specimens and exhibits and read information on placards. Hands on activities and interactive quizzes are fun and have been around for a while, but we’ve also seen amusement park type rides, virtual reality, holograms and physics demonstra...