Ace Gayhart

Ace Gayhart

Trip to COSI

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Recently, Rachel mentioned that she wanted to see the Unofficial Galaxies exhibit at COSI. Since I still have challenges with taking a break and use PTO, I said let’s spend a few days there.

We drove down to Columbus on Sunday. Since we picked a hotel right across the street from COSI, we parked the car for a few days. The hotel also conveniently included two complementary tickets to COSI. On Monday, we walked to COSI, got tickets to the exhibit and started exploring.

I took a few random pictures inside the exhibit as well as some of the mini exhibits around the center:

Dramatic entrance to the Unofficial Galaxies exhibit with hyperspace effect and exhibition signage C-3PO's golden protocol droid body displayed alongside R2-D2 astromech droid Tusken Raider costume displayed with Luke Skywalker's landspeeder from Tatooine Chopper astromech droid from Star Wars Rebels displayed with desert planet backdrop Boba Fett's weathered Mandalorian armor with jetpack and weaponry displayed in stone alcove Jabba the Hutt's palace throne room with Han Solo in carbonite and Princess Leia Din Grogu from The Mandalorian series in his tan robes Darth Maul with his double-bladed lightsaber and distinctive red and black face tattoos Display case of Star Wars weapon replicas including lightsabers and blasters with David Prowse's signed script Wampa creature from The Empire Strikes Back displayed in ice cave setting Luke Skywalker's crashed snowspeeder on Hoth with AT-AT walker leg overhead Darth Vader's iconic black armor and cape displayed with Imperial backdrop Emperor Palpatine in black hooded robes displayed in Imperial throne room setting Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1 fighter with Imperial uniforms in Death Star hangar setting Imperial speeder bike display with immersive forest chase projection from Return of the Jedi Admiral Ackbar in full Mon Calamari uniform, leader of the Rebel Alliance fleet Grogu nestled in his floating pram from The Mandalorian series Master Yoda figure showing the legendary Jedi's wisdom and Force connection X-wing fighter centerpiece with Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Princess Leia costumes Another angle of the massive X-wing display with Rebel pilot gear and droids Rear view of X-wing engines with Luke Skywalker pilot gear and R2-D2 BB-8 droid with sequel trilogy costumes including Poe Dameron's pilot suit and Rey's scavenger outfit LEGO Star Wars display featuring Millennium Falcon and other iconic builds from Unofficial Galaxies exhibit

We briefly visited the Sharks exhibit…

Massive great white shark head display with open jaws and other shark models Whale shark model showing distinctive spotted pattern and massive scale

…and the Dinosaur Gallery

Towering T-Rex skeleton in dramatic attack pose with circular viewing area

Clearly, my picture-taking drive wore down.

Regardless, we got to see and do everything we wanted to.

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