entirely safe and fun

Or: i catched u a mummy mouse but i mummy eated it

We made a trip down to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose this weekend. They’ve got a fine and accessible presentation there of some neat artifacts, with a helpful yet unintrusive curatorial narrative. In particular, the exhibit of non-tomb-related items is excellent, counteracting the usual perception created in Egyptian collections that the ancient Egyptians had nothing else to do but prepare for death (a perfect real-world example of sample bias). Adding to the allure, they have several remarkably pretty formal gardens on the grounds. Be aware that you’ll have to deal with a lot of stairs if you go, so the museum isn’t wheelchair-accessible.

All of that being said, this is what I have to offer you. It is a sad commentary on the memetic power of the internets that after everything that we saw and learned, and with all the things I could have photographed thanks to the Museum’s enlightened policy, the one thing I couldn’t resist sharing was a lolcatterized feline mummy, made from a noisy phonecam picture.