Where This Nerd Had Not Gone Before
my trip to the Star Trek Museum
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Since I started my new job, I have found that I really need to get far away from my apartment every weekend. I’m learning an astonishing amount (it helps to have a boss who’s actually smart, even smarter than you are) but it’s tiring. Weekend recharges are crucial.
A google search for adventures within driving distance of me turned up the jaw-dropping news that I live less than three hours from a Star Trek museum.
The Star Trek: Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, New York, allows Star Trek fans to tour multiple sets from the original series. For the most part, they’re detailed and meticulous re-creations, but there are also quite a few items that were actually used in the real show. Fans who own actual “used on screen” items often bequeath them to the museum’s collection, and the owner has made a life’s work out of finding wonderful additions to the collection.
It was one of the most thrilling and purely fun outings I’ve ever been on—a true trip to nerd heaven.
My review of the experience, and many more pictures, follows.
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