Well, we will be spending a morning at the American Museum of Natural History and the Rose Centre for Earth and Space/Hayden Planetarium.
The 2006 movie, 'Night at the Museum' was based on the American Museum of Natural History and some external shots of the building was used in the movie. The rest of the film was made using purpose built sets in British Columbia.
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The American Museum of Natural History
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Some of the memorable characters from the film were inspired by collections at the American Museum of Natural History. On the Museums facade you will find a statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback. Inside you will find fantastic dioramas and museum collections that inspired many sets in the film such as the woolly mammoths, cowboys, Easter Island heads, the Hall of Primates with the capuchin monkey, and the fossil skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex. However, the Temple of Dendur is not on show here but it is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts collection across Central Park.
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Rose Centre for Earth and Space and Hayden Planetarium
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The Hayden Planetarium has an 27 metre diameter sphere that seems to float inside a glass cube. Inside the sphere, a number of space shows and the Digital Universe Atlas are projected. The atlas is based on millions of astronomical observations.
Dark Universe is a permanent exhibition that celebrates the discoveries that have led to a greater knowledge of the universe and new frontiers for exploration.
Learn about this fascinating exhibition below:
https://youtu.be/pOxG4aSQOO8
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