American Museum of Natural History Parts I and II

 

Photos by Ilmari

American Museum of Natural History Part I by Ilmari

 

We went to the American Museum of Natural History on the 16th of October, and it was such a pleasant surprise. Even though the museum was about natural history, there were so many other things such as a huge collection of minerals and almost a whole floor for artifacts and objects from indigenous people all around the world. 

We first went to the planetarium, but I will let Wilma talk more about that and I will talk about the other ticketed exhibition we went to, Invisible Worlds. It was an exhibition about many different links and connections different lifeforms have to each other. From the very principles of life such as the fact that every single species on Earth uses DNA to store information in our cells, to bigger things such as how different species interact and communicate with each other. It was fascinating to see how many things we have in common with so many other species and to compare different species’ genes to ours and see which species was a closer relative to us. The exhibition was also visually pleasing and had many interesting items such as a preserved human brain. 

Photos by Ilmari

The whole museum was such an interesting place with so many rooms and so many artifacts to see, but if I had to recommend a short list of things one must absolutely go see in the museum, the things would be the planetarium, the dinosaur exhibition, the mineral exhibition, the blue whale room and the rooms with facts and items from indigenous people. There is even a real moai statue transported all the way from Easter Island.

The American Museum of Natural History Part II by Wilma

 

On Monday 16th of October we visited The AMNH. The visit started with the Space Show where the whole ceiling was a screen. The film we saw there, Worlds Beyond Earth, was about a journey through space. 

After the film we went to the Invisible Worlds exhibition where we got to know about nature’s hidden realms. The exhibition was an immersive experience about life on Earth. My favorite part about that exhibition was the last part where the whole room was a big screen and as you walked, the lights on the floor followed you. In addition, the walls were filled with diffrent things, such as animals and nature moving. Following these, we got to explore the museum by ourselves and we got to see skeletons of dinosaurs, the Easter Island statue and much more. The AMNH was a wonderful experience and I definitely would recommend everyone to visit it when in New York.

By Wilma

By Mervi

By Mervi