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Natural History, Naturally Fun!
Exploring the American Museum of Natural History
Jeremy Syrtash & Micha Hershkop
Issue date: 10/15/07 Section: Arts and Culture
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For those of us who don't call the Tri-state area our home, one of the best places to start picking up some culture is the world-class American Museum of Natural History. For those who do live in the Tri-state, if you don't have culture yet, make up for it with some famous NY attitude.
The most important thing to know is that the museum is huge. The four gallery floors and several city blocks contain 42 permanent exhibits and several temporary ones. They cover everything from biology to geology. The museum presents its collection of millions of artifacts with detailed information about the cultural, scientific, or historical importance of the pieces.
Even a light browsing of the museum's exhibits can take hours, so we'll try to give you, an accurate description of what there is, plus some tips; here is our abbreviated tour:
Rose Center for Earth and Space:
This exceptional addition to the Museum takes a more modern approach to science. It includes a reconstructed Hayden Sphere, meteors, a sound and light show, and more.
The goal of this addition is to provide us with an idea of how Earth's history fits within the history of the Universe.
This exhibit makes complicated sciences like astrophysics and astronomy understandable. It succeeds with the help of scaled-down models, charts, and diagrams. In addition, the exhibit takes incredibly complicated concepts and, through various types of visual aids and media, makes then easy to understand. You feel accomplished after you follow the Universe through its life. The site is easy to navigate, just follow the placards. Be sure to check out the 'Timeline of the Universe' and the Hayden sphere. For anyone interested in astrological phenomenon and space, this is the place to go.
Tip: touch the Cape York meteorite, aside for Muss dorms it's possibly the oldest thing on Earth.
The Fossils:
The museum boasts one of the world's finest fossil exhibits.
The most important thing to know is that the museum is huge. The four gallery floors and several city blocks contain 42 permanent exhibits and several temporary ones. They cover everything from biology to geology. The museum presents its collection of millions of artifacts with detailed information about the cultural, scientific, or historical importance of the pieces.
Even a light browsing of the museum's exhibits can take hours, so we'll try to give you, an accurate description of what there is, plus some tips; here is our abbreviated tour:
Rose Center for Earth and Space:
This exceptional addition to the Museum takes a more modern approach to science. It includes a reconstructed Hayden Sphere, meteors, a sound and light show, and more.
The goal of this addition is to provide us with an idea of how Earth's history fits within the history of the Universe.
This exhibit makes complicated sciences like astrophysics and astronomy understandable. It succeeds with the help of scaled-down models, charts, and diagrams. In addition, the exhibit takes incredibly complicated concepts and, through various types of visual aids and media, makes then easy to understand. You feel accomplished after you follow the Universe through its life. The site is easy to navigate, just follow the placards. Be sure to check out the 'Timeline of the Universe' and the Hayden sphere. For anyone interested in astrological phenomenon and space, this is the place to go.
Tip: touch the Cape York meteorite, aside for Muss dorms it's possibly the oldest thing on Earth.
The Fossils:
The museum boasts one of the world's finest fossil exhibits.