Obviously all is still the same and awesome as far as the permanent exhibits -to be honest, I didn't even get through a 1/4 of them. I thought I should try and see the special exhibits.I saw the exhibits Climate Change and Journey to the Stars. Climate Change was somewhat boring -especially for kids. I thought it would have some sort of impact but it fell short. The most interesting thing was the globe of the world that turned and you could press a button to see the world at night. Not surprisingly the US shined brightest and it made me feel sad. They explored the polar bears and how global warming is melting the ice caps which makes the swim too long for them and they drown :(naturally they showed many large flourescent charts that highlight the warming of the earth as a whole and how that makes for more typhoons, hurricanes and overall storms. toward the end of the exhibit they gave the spectator a chance to commit to making efforts to improve these deteriorating circumstances by decreasing their carbon footprint. they also showed how we can use other means to create energy like wind turbines and how productive they are, etc.Journey to the Stars was much more interesting. What's not interesting about stars? This particular 'journey' (narrated by Whoopie Goldberg, who is great but I think Morgan Freeman would have been much more effective/appropriate) made you feel as if we humans were like The Who's in 'Horton Hears a Who'. It seriously opened your mind to the concept of us being tiny little specs in this grand universe the expanse of which we haven't even touched upon -our minds, are not even capable of comprehending. It absolutely blew my mind! It's not that I haven't explored this notion before and been blown away by it but seeing it in this exhibit just really reminds you that all of this is so insignificant. It's great and a great recommendation for those of all ages.
Courtest of ME
The American Museum of Natural History
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