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Do you go to Museums, Specifically either Museums Like the Museum of Natural History or the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(High Class Museums as opposed to low brow) or Children museums which are basically indoor playgrounds
i went recently to the museum of natural history and found some parts of it really cool, and other parts of it extremely boring…
is this thread gonna tell you something about the posters from their responses?
about dinosaurs you tell them the truth.
they were very large animals that lived a long time ago and have now become extinct
That the dinosaurs died in mabul.
I can only say what my father did when he took me to the museums.
Dinosaurs: He pretty much told me what mod-80 said. That and complained about the inane placards about Dinosaurs and birds.
Art at the Met: He was always too busy trying to drag me out of the arms and armor exhibit to tell me anything about the art. 🙂
I would not take a child to the Met. You will see all kinds of pritzus and statues there. Science museums geared for kids are usually more parve, but check for rotating exhibits that can be problematic. New York Hall of Science in Flushing is great for kids. Also Liberty Science Center Jersey City.
I loved Liberty Science Center. That was the best museum I went to as a kid. Art museums, IMO, are probably not a good idea for kids because there are many inappropriate paintings. It can be inappropriate for adults as well, but the adult should decide on his/her own if it’s for them.
liberty science center????? plech! they got rid of all my fave exhibits! e/t is digital now. no touch tunnel, the room with the crashed car and medical stuff, all gone! probably the only thing the same is the expanding ball in the middle.
NY museum of natural history, now thats a cool place. last time i went i really njoyed the rock exhibit. IIRC they have a display of Judaica…. my real fave though is aquariums. fishies rock!
yes met museum is definitaly out for kids [and my opinions-adults too]. I went and i hope to never go again :[.
i also liked liberty science center as a kid 🙂
They got rid of the touch tunnel? A chutzpah! I haven’t been there in years, and I had no idea. That’s so sad.
I’ve always loved science and history museums, planetariums, and aquariums. I recently began to appreciate art history, and would definitely love an art museum. I really love the Indy 500 Motor Speedway Museum in Indianapolis and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland.
i just had a similar experience. i went to the ontario science center in toronto for the first time in years and they got rid of all the best stuff from when i was a kid! blech!
My parents frequently took my siblings and I to the Met museum of art – I had an appreciation for fine art drummed in since youth, and embraced it. I love going to that museum, my wife and I take our toddler there and he loves pointing at the paintings and talking about their contents – “blue birdie!” or “tree!” etc – (he loves the Monet, Renoir, and Breugel paintings especially, for some strange reason).
I believe that done properly, art (artistic forms of expression in general, not just painting) is one possible manifestation of how humans can be “tzelem Elokim” – an artist can almost literally create something from virtually nothing. Beethoven created his 5th from… a jumble of musical notes. Amazing. I don’t think HKBH gave Mozart, Beethoven, Michaelangelo, Donatello, et el these abilities for naught….
really? they have it again? we went a little after they redid the place and they had gotten rid of it. smart ppl for bringing it back
the Met, the natural history museum, the Guggenheim, the Liberty Science Center, Central Library is also nice 🙂
For Monseyites, try the Brick Museum in Haverstraw.
Was there some aveirah the dinosaurs committed that cause them to become exctint? serious question
I once heard that snakes (serpents) were dinosaurs prior to the aveira of the nochosh in gan eden.
As for museums, try Washington, D.C. The museums of the Smithsonian are very well done.
as far as dinosaurs, i was always told that they were the resulting offspring of animal crossbreeding before the mabul due to the sheer level of corruption and immorality in the world.
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