This weekend I visited the National History Museum with a group of my friends. I forgot to take a picture of myself, however attached is a picture of a bracelet I got while being there, for free! It was such an amazing experience. First, I went to the space exhibit where it showed the planets and little blurbs of information about the planets and some insight about space. However, my favorite section was with the HUGE whale downstairs. There is where the marine exhibit is located which is so amazing because of how they dim the lights and the room is almost like in a blue light making you feel as though you are actually in the ocean observing marine life. One of the workers told me that the museum sometimes has programs in which kids are allowed to spend the night in the museum and most of them are put on that floor to sleep because of how much floor space is there. I am interested in one day partaking in this activity. I love the Museum of National History because it always reminds me of the movie “ Night at the Museum.” Specifically the fossil exhibit reminds me of the movie because of the dinasour fossiks that came to life in the movie. It interested me that there were some exhibits that were specific to New York City. For example, there was an exhibit specific to birds found in New York City inside of the Hall of Birds exhibit. Also, there is a exhibit for the mammals found specifically in New york City. That was interesting to me because there are some animals that are native to our city. The cultural exhibits like the Hall of African Peoples, the Hall of Plain Indians, and the Hall of South American Peoples were interesting because they gave insight about the communities and cultures of people that we often don’t learn in school. Additionally, I got to see some of the traditional garb that these people wore or still do for traditional reasons. I find it very important to stay educated about other cultures so we are never ignorant about people’s traditions and communities. Also, they turn many of their exhibits interactive like the telescopes in the space exhibit to see stars. There is this one exhibit that the wall is basically see through and behind were multiple figures of animals in which the exhibit frames the biodiversity of nature.This experience was a perk of being a CUNY student because we are given reduced tickets making it easier for us to explore. Museums are essential in the learning process because a lot of times we cannot see the things we are learning in the scholastic environment and using museums, it makes it a more interactive process. The Museum of Natural History is one of my favorites because it has a little bit of everything there and they are consistently having events for the community so that people can get involved and make learning more exciting.