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Morning at the Museum General Museum Pre-Visit Story

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Morning at the Museum

General Museum

Pre-Visit Story

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Ways I Will See

• There are many things to see at

the National Museum of Natural

History.

• I can look up and I can look down.

I can go left or I can go right.

• It is a very big museum and I will

stay with my adult.

• I will look at one thing at a time.

• I might not get to see everything.

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Lighting

• Some exhibits are darker than the rest.

• This is to help protect the objects that are on display.

• Some objects are very old, and very delicate: even light can

damage them.

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Things I May Hear or Watch

• There are many sounds to hear

in the Museum.

• There are many videos to watch.

• I might see a video of a scientist

on a boat. Or of about mammals.

• If it is too noisy for me I will let

my adult know so we can take a

break.

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On Exhibit

• I will see different kinds of things on display.

• I will see living animals and insects.

• I will see animals that used to be living

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On Exhibit

• I will see models. They are made to look like living animals, but

they were never alive.

• I will see fossils. They were alive a long time ago.

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Things I Can Touch

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• There are things I can touch in the exhibit that will teach me

about natural history.

• There are drawers I can open carefully.

• There are replicas of fossils.

• There are interactive computers that I can use.

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Ocean Hall

• When I am at the National Museum of Natural History, I can visit

the Ocean Hall.

• This exhibit tells the story of the ocean and the plants and

animals that live in it.

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African Voices

• I can visit the African Voices exhibit.

• In it I can learn about the people who live in Africa.

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Hall of Human Origins Exhibit

• I can visit the Hall of Human Origins.

• The Hall of Human Origins Exhibit tells the story of how

humans have changed over the last 6 million years.

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Mammals Hall

• I can visit the Mammals Hall.

• The Mammals Hall tells the story

of many different mammals.

• Mammals are a type of animal.

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Exploring

• There are many things to explore in the Natural History

Museum.

• If I find something scary I do not have to look at it.

• I can let my adult know and we can keep walking.

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Revised:

2017, Office of Education and Outreach

Branch of Learning Venues and Visitor Experience

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