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Learning About Earth With the Kids

In New York City

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American Museum of Natural History

Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals

200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

This exhibit tells the fascinating story of how mineral species arose on our planet, how scientists classify and study them, and how we use them for personal adorment, tools, and technology

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American Museum of Natural History

Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs

200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Imagine the enormous power of one of the largest dinosaurs that ever existed, and go and see the Tyrannosaurus Rex, with 4-foot-long jaw and 6-inch-long teeth

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American Museum of Natural History

Hall of Advanced Mammals

200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Learn about the mammoth, who lived about 11,000 years ago in America by observing this outstanding construction of fossils of this type of extinct animals

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American Museum of Natural History

Hall of Advanced Mammals

200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Explore real skelatons of extinct mammals, which roamed in the planes of North America until about 10,000 years ago

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American Museum of Natural History

Hall of Ocean Life

200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Go and be wowed by the enormous 94-foot-long model of the blue whale suspended from the ceiling, giving your kids a realistic sense of how big the blue whales are

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American Museum of Natural History

Orientation Center

200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Learn about the Titanosaur, which had a huge neck and tail, 19-foot-high and 122 feet long. It litteraly doesn't fit the museum space and his head peaks outside the show room

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Libery Science Center

Microbes Rule!

222 Jersey City Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Step inside a giant microscope lens and discover organisms in a whole new way. Through groundbreaking technology, explore how the overwhelming majority of microbes are essential to our survival

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Libery Science Center

Dino Dig Adventure

222 Jersey City Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Uncover ancient dinosaur fossils buried in more than 60 tons of sand

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Libery Science Center

Making Mammoths

222 Jersey City Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Explore the effort to bring back mammoths. At the center of the exhibit is a woolly mammoth replica, six months in the making with each crafted hair individually positioned

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Libery Science Center

Energy Quest

222 Jersey City Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07305, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids, Teens

Discover the power in ocean waves and dams, learn about nuclear power, and explore renewable energy: solar and wind. Then you can be an energy source when you race hand-crank-powered cars!

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New York Hall Of Science

Small Discoveries

47-01 111th St, Corona, NY 11368, USA

Suitable for

Young Kids

This exhibit invites visitors into the amazing world of microorganisms, making the invisible visible and enabling everyone to understand their impact on our health and the environment.

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