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Just kidding: One dinosaur.
The T-Rex at the entrance! :D
On Tuesday, Alex and I went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It's a favorite museum of mine, but we haven't been in several years.
We sorted out our plan of attack: we wanted to see the gemstones, the Native North American Cultures exhibit, the current temporary exhibit "Unseen Oceans", the dinosaurs/other prehistoric creatures, and after that we'd see how much time we had or how we were feeling.
This entry is about everything leading up to "Prehistoric Journey".
Malachite and Azurite, always favorites!
(It's almost all pictures of gemstones, lol.)
( 10 gemstone pics: )
After this we went up to the Native North American Cultures hall. Alex (who is half Navajo) wanted to visit it last time we came to the museum, but we wound up running out of time. So we wanted to make sure we got to it this time!
It's also been partially redesigned since we last did visit it (which was... maybe 13+ years ago? I think it was when he visited me before he'd moved out here.)
I like a lot of how they have it set up - there are a lot of videos with modern tribes talking about context for some of the things. They have a LOT of art pieces from credited, modern artists that talk about the techniques and styles that are still in use, or how they've changed from historic pieces.
There are also some empty spaces that have plaques talking about artifacts that have been repatriated.
But somehow... I took very few pictures, and literally none of the ones I took turned out well! The lighting is very low, and the way some of the cases are set up definitely didn't lend itself to good photo opportunities due to the way the light reflected on camera. There are also some parts that I... just plain forgot I could be taking pictures. I'm okay with that.
After that, we visited the cafe and got some coffee (chai for me) and a pastry each for lunch. (I got some super flaky apricot thing that was SO good.)
( 4 more pictures, including some animal mummies: )
Part two will be all the prehistoric stuff - dinosaurs and other. :)
The T-Rex at the entrance! :D
On Tuesday, Alex and I went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It's a favorite museum of mine, but we haven't been in several years.
We sorted out our plan of attack: we wanted to see the gemstones, the Native North American Cultures exhibit, the current temporary exhibit "Unseen Oceans", the dinosaurs/other prehistoric creatures, and after that we'd see how much time we had or how we were feeling.
This entry is about everything leading up to "Prehistoric Journey".
Malachite and Azurite, always favorites!
(It's almost all pictures of gemstones, lol.)
( 10 gemstone pics: )
After this we went up to the Native North American Cultures hall. Alex (who is half Navajo) wanted to visit it last time we came to the museum, but we wound up running out of time. So we wanted to make sure we got to it this time!
It's also been partially redesigned since we last did visit it (which was... maybe 13+ years ago? I think it was when he visited me before he'd moved out here.)
I like a lot of how they have it set up - there are a lot of videos with modern tribes talking about context for some of the things. They have a LOT of art pieces from credited, modern artists that talk about the techniques and styles that are still in use, or how they've changed from historic pieces.
There are also some empty spaces that have plaques talking about artifacts that have been repatriated.
But somehow... I took very few pictures, and literally none of the ones I took turned out well! The lighting is very low, and the way some of the cases are set up definitely didn't lend itself to good photo opportunities due to the way the light reflected on camera. There are also some parts that I... just plain forgot I could be taking pictures. I'm okay with that.
After that, we visited the cafe and got some coffee (chai for me) and a pastry each for lunch. (I got some super flaky apricot thing that was SO good.)
( 4 more pictures, including some animal mummies: )
Part two will be all the prehistoric stuff - dinosaurs and other. :)
