The Frost will celebrate their final weekend in their location on August 30 before closing for a year and reopening in Museum Park. Sure a new home for the museum is overdue, but we'll miss the Coconut Grove location. Here are the four things we'll miss most about the old Frost museum.
1. The Giant Sloth
Man that thing is weird, yet it's practically a Miami landmark at this point. Seriously though, they should bring the
2. The Globe
The giant globe graced the entrance to the museum for all of our childhoods. It was a welcoming sight as you walked into the museum, desperately waiting to get in the to the planetarium.
3. The Planetarium
Is there anything trippier than a laser show at the planetarium? Your parents might have taken you to hundreds of the shows as a child which, in retrospect, was pretty smart. Keeping your kids busy while they learn something? It was a perfect family evening.
4. Star Gazers
Sure Star Gazers hasn't been on television in nearly five years, but the kitschy PBS science shorts taught us everything we know about Halley's Comet and Hale-Bopp, and the difference between planets and stars ("stars twinkle!"). Has there ever been sweeter poetry than the show's opening lines? "Confused about the cosmos, Can't tell a planet from a star? Then give us just five minutes, And we'll show you what they are." Simply put: no there hasn't. Keep looking up, Miami.