Would you like to stay indoors at night with a T-Rex dinosaur that lived millions of years ago, a four-meter-long bull snake, crocodiles and 1500 other creatures?
For some, it may be terrifying, for others, exciting, but undoubtedly an intriguing idea that is interesting for almost everyone, it has been made possible to realize this concept at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, at least in a movie (Night at the Museum).
The museum, which was opened in 1869, consists of 23 interconnected buildings and 46 galleries. It is visited by 5 million people each year.[1] Visiting the world’s largest natural history museum in a single day is, of course, not possible. The museum is so vast and comprehensive that even repeat visitors find it difficult to complete the tour without getting lost. Therefore, experts have developed an application called “Explorer” for museum visitors.
There are 34 million specimens collected from different parts of the world, waiting for visitors in the museum. We know that out of the 1.7 million species on our planet, 1,500 of them are exhibited in this museum. The diversity is so vast that the number of stuffed bird specimens has reached 900,000. While walking through these beauties, unfortunately, learning that many of them have become extinct today saddens visitors and leads them to deep thoughts.[2]
Our Creator has created his creatures to cooperate with each other. Such diversity and a delicate order are, of course, essential for such a systematic cooperation. Although their roles are different, everything has been created to serve life, and both living and non-living things have been made available for the benefit of human beings. This museum has also become a research institute where more than 200 scientists work.
Would you like to be inside this museum, whose doors close at 5:45 PM and spend an adventurous night there? Who wouldn’t be thrilled to explore the museum with a flashlight at midnight? For this, you can visit the naturalhistory.si.edu website and pursue your curiosity.
References
[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History
