Visiting The American Museum of National History With Our NYC Personal Injury Lawyers

New York City has one of the largest and most impressive museum rosters of any city on earth, and the American Museum of Natural History is one of the most famous of the bunch. This museum is also one of the largest in the world, with a complex made up of 28 interconnected buildings and 45 permanent exhibition halls. Whether you're a native New Yorker or just visiting as a tourist, everyone who travels through this city should try to see this amazing complex. Some favorite exhibitions among our staff of Manhattan personal injury attorneys include:

Amazon Adventure

Amazon Adventure is a film which tells the story of one of history's forgotten but most influential scientists - Henry Walter Bates. This 19th-century naturalist and explorer spent 11 years on an expedition through the Amazon rainforest, where he studied the wildlife there and worked to prove the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin. The film explores animal mimicry, which is a phenomenon where one animal evolves by adopting the appearance of another. This film is available to view through September 13, 2018.

Butterfly Conservatory

The Butterfly Conservatory is an annual exhibition that runs from October through May each year. It's one of the most popular exhibitions in the museum. It goes into detail about the lifecycles of butterflies and moths, which belong to a group of insects called Order Lepidoptera.

Highlights of the Butterfly Conservatory exhibition include:

• Anatomy - Explains how the designs of butterfly wings are produced by thousands of scales arranged in intricate patterns.
• Metamorphosis - Explains the lifecycle of a butterfly, from their beginnings as eggs, their development into caterpillars, and finally their metamorphosis into their final butterfly form.
• Defense - How butterflies have evolved to avoid becoming prey for birds, lizards, and other creatures.
• Evolution - How butterflies originated and how they've evolved throughout time.
• Ecology - The role butterflies play with the rest of life on earth.
• Architecture - The gallery features a butterfly vivarium, which is a custom-fabricated temporary shell structure.
• Conservation - Discusses how butterfly diversity has decreased and what we can do to make sure these creatures are kept safe.

Inside You

This exhibition goes into detail about the trillions of microbes that inhabit our bodies, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other organisms. These microbial genes outnumber our DNA by a ratio of more than 100 to 1. The exhibit also explains how science is growing to better understand these microbes and profiles some of the scientists making new discoveries into microbiome research.

Opulent Oceans

Our oceans still remain mysterious, as they're filled with lifeforms many of us have never heard of, along with many that have yet to be discovered. This exhibition is inspired by a book called Opulent Oceans: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History and features 46 reproductions of 33 rare scientific works.

Our Senses

This exhibition is comprised of 11 funhouse-like rooms which challenge our perceptions of how our senses work. They help to illustrate that our perceptions are more than just a view into the world around us, but a reflection of the inner workings of our brains.

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