tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post3602875324011510499..comments2023-04-29T04:52:59.056-05:00Comments on Life Before the Dinosaurs: The Field Museum (Part 2 of 4): Behind the Scenes in the Collections Room!Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05465158136828482934noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-24354838482913543202012-03-04T15:59:13.054-06:002012-03-04T15:59:13.054-06:00So jealous! All those drawers. Not sure they'...So jealous! All those drawers. Not sure they'd ever get me out of there. <br />I was lucky enough to get behind the scenes at another museum (thanks to that same Dave) and into the jar and bug rooms there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12675518224664793899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-24261415472157779892012-02-28T14:38:55.214-06:002012-02-28T14:38:55.214-06:00Cool! Arthropleura!
Ah, this reminds me of when I...Cool! Arthropleura!<br /><br />Ah, this reminds me of when I got to take a look behind the scenes at the Museum of Natural History in Brussels. We mainly looked at fossil mammals (seriously, I have never seen so many woolly rhino skulls in one place), some sharks and a couple of dinosaurs. That was one of the most awesome things I ever did as a kid.Pentatomidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609342160373575871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-69739028067638282032012-02-28T12:33:31.842-06:002012-02-28T12:33:31.842-06:00We were very lucky in that we knew somebody (Dave)...We were very lucky in that we knew somebody (Dave) who knew somebody (Paul)--otherwise I don't think Art would have been able to go behind the scenes this way. Paul generously gave up his Friday night to give Art this tour. <br /><br />A lot of credit also goes to the Field Museum for being a pretty chilled-out place. The overnight stay was nothing like I expected. The kids (I think there were about 600 people in the museum for the night) were allowed to roam around freely (with adults present, of course) and enjoy the museum. I was expecting everything to be much more corralled. They turned the lights out in Evolving Planet at 10:30 pm to allow for a self-guided "flashlight tour" (!), so not only did they let us wander around, they let us wander around in the dark. It was great to see the kids rise to the occasion given all this freedom. <br /><br />The Field Museum should have a special program like this for grownups. Like City Slickers, except with fossil inspecting instead of cattle driving.The Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445946479582895632.post-20111196055071940452012-02-28T12:02:04.266-06:002012-02-28T12:02:04.266-06:00Wow, I have to say, I am so jealous that you got t...Wow, I have to say, I am so jealous that you got to do all the things you are showing us in your blog here. I would love to be able to crawl around in all those drawers looking at all those fossils! This coming from a 51 year old!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873364033864745265noreply@blogger.com