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[delphica]

Something that always cracks me up: when you see babies in strollers, at about the "recently learned to sit up by themselves" age, maybe in the ballpark of 6 - 10 months, and they do that thing where they are sitting straight up, instead of leaning back into the recline of the stroller, like THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE, DAWG. And they look dead

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[unclebill35]

I like the way you appreciate things.

[delphica]

Thank you, that was very nice to hear!

[vix1]

This is delightfully nerdy. I would like to go the AMNH with you, with or without kids.

[delphica]

Have you ever done the whole "child's day in the city!" stuff with your kids when you've been up for the holidays (because there is so much free time to do things when you visit your family, I'm sure)? Natural History, Central Park, Empire State ...

[vix1]

We have not, but we've kicked the idea around. For the last several years, we've spent one week with one family, then rented a car and driven to visit the other family for the following week. The drive takes us through/near NYC. I think it would be great to cut a couple days off the family weeks and spend 1-2 days tooling around the city. If we do it this year, I will let you know, and maybe we can meet up. Our trip is the first two weeks of August, so maybe Aug. 6-7.

[delphica]

I bet the boys would love it, and it does seem conveniently in the middle of your route.

That's the same span of days that I'm planning to be in Oakland with some of the girls, rats.

[crankyasanoldma]

Well, I am 100% with you on being keenly interested in the backroom details of museums. The architecture, the workings, the design and curation of exhibits. I think about the museum visits and exhibits that have really stayed with me, and several of them are because they featured this kind of information.

The MSI in Chicago has a passenger airline in the building. The plane itself is mildly interesting but the film about how they got that sucker in the building is a great watch!

The Milwaukee Museum of Art also has an entire room dedicated to the working aspects of a museum=storage, conservation, cataloguing, etc. That was fantastic.

[delphica]

Zoos are the other kind of attraction where I love getting this stuff, especially since what we know about how to keep animals happy and healthy has changed so much.

[crankyasanoldma]

If a zoo wants to part me & my money, they just need to wave "BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR" literature in front of my face.

[plicease]

I am a big fan of dinosaurs, but feel that other extinct animals well represented in the fossil record to not get enough credit for being fascinating too!