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The Cleveland Museum of Natural History Seeks New Ways to Engage Visitors

By: John Hanc
27 April 2024 at 05:02
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is rolling out two new exhibition halls and making its scientists more accessible. And don’t forget the dinosaurs.

Β© Daniel Lozada for The New York Times

β€œHappy” (short for Haplocanthosaurus delfsi), a 70-foot-long, 14-foot-high sauropod, dominates the newly renovated main visitor hall at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History β€” and serves as the museum’s logo.

Ancient Female Ballplayer from Huasteca Region on Exhibit

26 April 2024 at 05:02
The statue will be part of β€œAncient Huasteca Women: Goddesses, Warriors and Governors” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.

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The first life-size representation of a ritual ballplayer found to date in the Huasteca, a tropical region spanning parts of several states along the Gulf Coast of Mexico, on view at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.

Exploring Atomic Bomb History Beyond Los Alamos

26 April 2024 at 05:02
The Atomic Museum in Las Vegas explains to visitors that Nevada and other states also played a role β€” for better or worse β€” in the creation of nuclear energy.

Β© Cody Cobb for The New York Times

Visitors can watch a film about atomic history at the Atomic Museum in Las Vegas, which is dedicated to the history and science of nuclear weapons.

A North Carolina Museum Hopes Fossils Solve a Dinosaur Mystery

26 April 2024 at 05:00
Two creatures unearthed in 2006, and finally on display in North Carolina, might hold the key to a major debate over a certain animal’s identity.

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The fossils found in 2006 in the Montana sandstone, now on view at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, were named β€œthe dueling dinosaurs” because they featured what appeared to be a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus locked in a death match.

New York Botanical Garden Creates a β€˜Wonderland’ Adventure

24 April 2024 at 05:02
A show at the New York Botanical Garden, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, will explore his fictional and real worlds through plants, art and artifacts.

Β© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

The New York Botanical Garden exhibition β€œWonderland: Curious Nature,” which opens on May 18, features fantastical plants and specimens, like this Iceland poppy.
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