Hey, I’ve been to the Field often but Im sure theres some hidden gems that I really haven’t had a chance to look at. Is there anything you’ve seen that you feel is a little underappreciated? I’ll definitely check it out this weekend!
Some of my favorite things:
In “What is an animal?,” most of the invertebrates are represented by hand-made glass models. LIKE WHOA
In the often quiet and contemplative hall “Plants of the World,” I like to have my mind blown twofold by realizing everything in there was meticulously hand-made with wax and molds and paint – and also I had no idea peanuts grew that way, legumes amirite?
Find a quiet area in one of the mammal halls and stand in front of a diorama for at least 15 minutes pondering the beauty and fragility of our collective existence
Two of our lichenologists paid $20 for this rusty car door in Puerto Rico – it has more than fifty-four unique species of lichens on it, many of which are bioluminescent (it’s in “Lichens: The Coolest Things You’ve Never Heard Of”)
there’s a cow hidden in the Silurian Reef
I like to stick around and see the light turn on behind the setting sun around closing time in the Walrus diorama, ground floor.
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