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Place To Check Out – The American Museum Of Natural History
Photograph: By Iwan Baan / Courtesy of AMNH | The view from the staircase in the Kenneth C. Griffin Exploration Atrium.
Place To Check Out – The American Museum Of Natural History And The New Glider Center.
Photograph: By Alvaro Keding / Courtesy of AMNH | This interactive exhibit explains how to “be a bee.”
ABOUT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY’S GLIDER CENTER
The Gilder Center inspires awe with its cavernous, almost Gaudi-like architecture. Architects from Studio Gang studied canyons and caves to influence their work, then used a material called shotcrete to create their own seamless cavern inside the museum. (Fun fact: An AMNH curator actually invented shotcrete more than a century ago, so the sprayed concrete technique has come full circle.)
From the atrium, which is bathed with natural light thanks to several large skylights, visitors can see glimpses of what’s on the floors above them—sparking intrigue and curiosity.
The expansion comprises seven new floors, four of which are open to the public. The design eliminated the awkward dead-ends visitors often faced in the museum, instead creating 33 connections among the museum’s 10 buildings, some of which date back 150 years.
Photograph: By Iwan Baan / Courtesy of AMNH | At dusk, the curved windows of the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation exude an inviting soft glow.
Photograph: By Alvaro Keding / Courtesy of AMNH | Magnifying glasses stationed allow visitors to closely observe butterflies landing on plants, flowers, and feeders throughout the space.
Photograph: By Iwan Baan | A view of the Museum’s scientific collections on exhibit on the second floor.
Photograph: By Alvaro Keding / Courtesy of AMNH | The reading room where adults can browse books and attend programs.
Photograph: By Iwan Baan / Courtesy of AMNH | At dusk, the curved windows of the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation exude an inviting soft glow.
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