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| - The boy and I spent most of a day here. In the morning, we and his sister-in-law and 18-month nephew went through the Natural History museum. The dinosaur exhibit was, of course, the highlight. I was also impressed by the bird collection. We were both a little disappointed at the botany display, which was only one smallish room. I noticed that in a few of the displays, cards indicated that a certain number of artifacts were supposed to be on display, but some had been removed with no explanation or updating to the information. Or maybe someone stole them and the museum hasn't noticed yet!!
In terms of natural history museums, I think we have been spoiled for all others by the Field Museum in Chicago.
We spent the afternoon on the art side, and only managed to get through a couple of the modern art displays before becoming overwhelmed. There was one film about migration in the modern art room which we both really enjoyed. I found the art involving the venetian blinds and various types of light bulbs to be fascinating. We spent the last hour of our time upstairs in the Ancient Egypt exhibit. Unfortunately, there seemed to be a corporate event happening that afternoon which involved a scavenger hunt; if you think that children's field trips and scavenger hunts are annoying, imagine a whole herd of businessmen and women on a scavenger hunt, and not using their indoor voices, either.
Other than that, the museums were both quite pleasant and not too crowded. Well worth the student price of $11.
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