Museum of Natural History

A--somewhat dark--view of the Museum of Natural History.

The sea life section of the museum was really interesting. It was fun to see some of the extinct sea creatures that were the ancestors of animals we see now. Some were neat, others were really strange!

Nick and me trying to make the same face as the zebras in the background!

Nick enjoyed seeing many of the animals he had seen or heard of on his mission in Chile on display in the South American wing of the museum.


The Hope Diamond in the Harry Winston Gallery. This is the largest blue diamond known to exist. Its weight is 45.54 carats. Can you imagine wearing that thing around? It is surrounded by diamonds and the chain is also set with diamonds. Man did that thing sparkle!

The diamond has an interesting history. If you want to read more about it, visit this website: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/hope.htm

Here is a picture of me next to an enormous amethyst geode. They are so beautiful!

We loved looking through the geology/gem area of the museum. The crystal and rock formations were fascinating! Nick analyzed the chemical formation while I analyzed the textures and colors--typical!