Museum of Natural History

On Tuesday, I visited the famous Museum of Natural History. It has been nearly a decade since I last visited the museum and there was a lot of new things to see. When I first went as a third grader, I didn’t get to see any of the dinosaur fossils and dinosaurs were my obsession back then. When I visited, now as a college student, I was surprised to see that the dinosaur fossils are right at the entrance. The Museum of Natural History is also home to the Titanosaur exhibition. The exhibition features a cast of 122 foot dinosaur that was discovered in 2015. The exhibition will be available from January 2016-January 2020. The dinosaur is a new species discovered in the deserts of Patagonia, Argentina. I also visited other various exhibit halls such as the Mammal Halls. The Akeley Hall of African Mammals showcases mammals native to Africa such as lions, rhinos, and elephants. The hall has an exhibit featuring a family of elephants. I recalled seeing this exhibit as a third grader and I was glad to see the museum still had the exhibit. Another place I had to visit was the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. I was greeted the same way as I was greeted ten years ago, with a big whale in front of me. The giant blue whale has become one of the museum’s iconic treasures. Blue whales are the largest animals alive today and are pretty fast for their size. They weigh about 100 tons and are one of the loudest mammals. However, the blue whale has been hunted to near extinction and the museum has the replica as a reminder to protect the environment. My visit to the Museum of Natural History was truly an amazing experience and brought some nostalgia. This is a place every New Yorker should visit.