Museum Hopper

i visited the american museum of natural history recently with my boyfriend. he had never been and i figured this have material that would interest him. as usual, i do not like that this museum charged quite a bit extra for all the special exhibits. i also wish they would put a little more effort towards some sound proofing. it is great that this museum is geared towards children, but they obviously make a lot of noise. the halls in this museum just seem to echo with the sound. we ended up wandering around the rose center for earth and space for quite about half the time. the big bang demonstration was broken while we were there. he really enjoyed walking through the moments in time and seeing how the universe has changed and expanded. we also saw the dinosaurs. it still bothers me that this exhibit does not start where the majority of people think it would start. i still have not figured out how to go up the stairs to start the exhibit where you are supposed to. every...

last weekend, my dad and sister were in town and we headed up to the american museum of natural history . we were there for quite a while. we started out checking out the " animals of north america ." always a pleasure. every animal from alaska was bigger than the other animals in the family...everything is big in alaska. we also checked out the " hall of ocean life " to obviously, check out the ocean animals. i love the sea otter! then of course we had to head upstairs to check out the dinosaurs! i finally identified what drives me crazy about the dinosaur exhibit. if you head up the main stairs/elevator, you have to cut through half of the exhibit to get to the true exhibit entrance. otherwise, you start with dinosaurs, then you go back in time to the first vertebrates, then you get to the wooly mammoths (and early humans) and then you head back to dinosaurs. you are really supposed to start with the vertebrates, then the dinosaurs (both sections in ...

i went to the natural history museum with my roommate and a guy friend who was in from out of town. we went the fourth of july weekend and i have never seen a museum more crowded. there literally was a line out the door to get in and a line to get into the cafeteria. that being said, obviously, the museum was really loud (although it's definitely not a quiet museum to begin with) and quite crowded. again i was reminded of how much i dislike that this museum charges a pretty high premium to get into its special exhibits. as an adult, it cost $15 to get in. To get into the special exhibits, tack another $11 onto that entrance cost. that's pretty steep! to give you an idea, the met charges $20 to get in, but doesn't charge to enter the special exhibits (that i've seen at least). we visited the dinosaurs, biodiversity hall, and the section about the earth (like fault lines, the formation of the earth, etc). times visited: 3 time spent in the museum: 2 hrs overall: ...

the american museum of natural history is one of the best museums not dealing with art in the city. i have visited twice. once by myself and once with a fellow engineer. it is a huge museum as well and covers all ranges. it is on the upper west side. a subway stops right under the museum, which is quite convenient. the museum has lifesize replicas of animals (think blue whale). it also has dinosaurs. the A- is for the fact that i don't find the museum very well laid out. the first time i went i didn't even know they had dinosaurs! times visited: 2 average time in museum: 2 hr - 4 hrs overall: A-