Caitie Visits the Museum of Natural History (and the Met and the Whitney)

Caitie recently visited the American Museum of Natural History, the museum with the dinosaurs and space exhibits, with mom, dad and Grandma and Grandpa Chang. She loved it! Her favorite was the Butterfly Conservatory, which has a greenhouse inhabited by live butterflies. She also enjoyed the reptile exhibit, the Mars exhibit and having a snack in the museum's Member's Lounge.

Since mom has some extra time off from work, Caitie also got to visit the Metropolitan Museum, where she enjoyed the Tiffany windows and showed some interest in the Temple of Dendur but then was bored the rest of the time. She also visited the Whitney Museum (modern art) where she seemed to enjoy the Roy Lichtenstein silent films (especially one which featured fish).

Right now, Caitie's absolute favorite museum is the American Museum of Natural History, followed by the MoMA which has lots of moving installations and bright colors and a sculpture garden. The Whitney follows and the Met is in last place because it is too big and has lots of boring things like hieroglyphics, antique furniture, and large handmade rugs (in the Islamic exhibit).

The American Museum of Natural History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Whitney Museum