Mutant World Chapter 5 - pg 7

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AMNH Tour Senator Bill Frist.

AMNH tour for Senator Bill Frist.

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AMNH Tour 7/17/2011

Here is a picture of today's 11:15 highlights tour at AMNH. We're standing in front of the Ahnighito meteorite which fell to earth and landed in Greenland 10,000 years ago.

It has been at the museum since 1904.

The tour totaled about 6 people, which is enough.

Cousins from the south. The young man in yellow and black stripes is actually Danish.

6/12/11 at AMNH

I did two tours today at AMNH. Both were highlights tours and here are pictures of each group.

Below is the 11:15 group.

I was asked to do a 2:15 tour as a replacement for another docent. Occasionally I will do two tours in one day, but I try not to do it too often. Each tour requires a certain degree of energy and doing two on the same day is pushing things a little.

But, as usual, I was glad to help out.

The 2:15 group was a bit larger, and thankfully, my voice held out. They seemed to really like the 'Murph The Surf' story that comes at the end of the tour.

American Museum of Natural History 5/29/11

I got a new camera for my birthday. My birthday was last January so my present came a little late.

I took it to the museum to see what kind of shots I could get without the flash. Some parts of the museum are pretty dark.

These are the folks that took my 11:15 'Highlights' tour. Here we are in the Hall of Gems. There were about 14 people, which is pretty good for a Sunday on a holiday weekend.

Before the tour I got a few shots. Here are Akley's elephants in the African Mammals hall. These are enraged elephants who are about to charge. I like this picture. The hall is one of the 'darker' places. The lighting is low to showcase the dioramas. The hall is exceptional due to the human sacrifice that went into collecting the animals. That's actually pretty ironic.

These are people in the Roosevelt Rotunda. Some are getting ready to enter. Some are probably leaving. In the back is the 'attacking' Allosaurus mount. All of the mounts in the rotunda are faux; they're casts. Actual fossils are minerals and are really heavy. They can't be mounted in 'action' poses.

That's all, folks!