I went to the American Museum of Natural History in NY the other day and was shocked at how bad it was. As a kid I went all the time, and some of the bits I remembered fondly (the dinosaurs, the blue whale) are still there, looking impressive. But now that I’m an adult and should be better able to appreciate a museum, I found myself unable to appreciate this one. Part of the problem stems from how much was the same. It may be no exaggeration to say I have not set foot in the place since the 1980s. But it may also be no exaggeration to say that many of the exhibits look like they haven’t been touched since the 1980s either. The older ones are not only looking ragged from age (lots of lights were out in the exhibits) but they are also extremely dated in their presentation. It was often hard to figure out what we were looking at, and even when there were words, they were frustratingly unclear (“The bowl just above”?…
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