AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Built around 1860, located on the west side of Central Park, the New York Museum of Natural History is one of the most extraordinary museums in the world (and incidentally the largest museum of natural history in the world with 46 exhibition rooms). A magical place to bring the children. This must of knowledge takes the form of several buildings characterizing the different stadiums of the American empire, with the statue of the great imperialist Theodore Roosevelt himself, standing guard at the entrance to Central Park West. We will be amazed by so many treasures together and so much ingenuity.

Whether you enter through the 77th Street foyer (with the magnificent Alaskan Tlingit Indian war boat) or through Central Park West, corridors will lead you to discover the main mammals of North America, restored to life size in panoramic niches that recreate their environment. And this is only a small part of the journey through regions and times. Extraordinary collections dedicated to Eskimos, Indians, Asian, African, Eastern and Central American cultures. Meteorite rooms, fabulous collection of precious stones (the largest sapphire in the world). On the 4th and last floor, the skeletons of dinosaurs, mammoths, flying reptiles, several of which have been brought back from expeditions financed by the museum in the Gobi desert. In all, 34 million pieces to see. And then the life of the museum is punctuated by the many simultaneous temporary exhibitions, always as complete, fun and educational ("The construction of Petra and the civilization of its builders - the Nabataeans", "500 tropical butterflies living in their natural environment", etc.). Not to be missed: the Rose Center, which has been spectacularly designed to unveil the mysteries of astrophysics and earth sciences. On the first Friday of the month, the centre remains open until 8:45 pm. In the hall of the Universe, you can consult the astrobulletin, a screen where images of NASA's observations from spacecraft are projected and see images of the Willamette meteor, the largest discovered in the United States. In the hall of the planet Earth, all the explanations concerning the formation of the Earth and its transformations due to climatic phenomena. A dynamic globe provides a rotating view of the Earth from space. On the second floor, you will admire suspended models of galaxies, stars and planets and listen to the narration (by Judie Foster) of the first moments of the Universe. You will then take the Cosmic Pathway, a spiral path that will lead you around a sphere illustrating the changes in the state of the cosmos over 13 billion years. With each step, you cross 75 million years. For an immersion experience that will appeal to the youngest, a cinema screens half-documentary films half-show on a giant screen and in optimal sound conditions with subjects such as India, the land of the Bengal tiger, volcanoes from the deepest depths, a day and a night in the Serengeti Park, etc. Also worth seeing, the Space Show, a half-hour 3D film, offers his vision of the universe. You will be transported by the beauty of the show and the enchanting voice of the narrator, who is none other than Harrison Ford.