Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The Natural History Museum

I LOVE THIS MUSEUM! On my street and only two blocks down, I decided to go check out the Natural History Museum for a couple of hours that I had free this afternoon.

The museum itself is beautiful.

ANDDDDD there are amazing dinosaurs! I haven't been to the Field Museum in Chicago so I had a very fun afternoon. And what makes this museum better than the Field Museum is that its free! There's lots to explore in the museum (imagine the size of a museum collection that is 129 years old).

Notable sights include a lot of dinosaurs (T-Rex was closed though, but hopefully I'll be back), woolly mammoth skeletons (some found literally just a few kilometers from London) and a giant blue whale skeleton and a life-size blue whale statue.

I also learned some interesting facts. Most marine reptiles became extinct 65 million years ago except crocodiles and turtles. Also, the average UK citizen drinks 54L of soft drinks a year and the average UK family consumes 624 cans a year. That means the Klein family consumes roughly 6X more soft drinks than the average UK family!

I didn't get to go in an exhibit I really want to see: The Deep Ocean's. It takes 60-90 minutes to go through apparently and I didn't have time, but I'm definitely going back!




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