Dinosaurs by moonlight
31 January 2007Did you know that you can buy tickets to spend a night camping out at the Museum of Natural History? And they take you on a tour with flashlights to see the dinosaurs?? How has this not come to my attention yet? Oh wait, because the ageist tyrants at the AMNH say you have to have a child between the ages of 8-12 with you.
Aren’t you lucky, person who answers the website “visitor information” queries, to have gotten this today:
Hello! I am a 25 year old NYC resident who cites the Museum of Natural History as her favorite place in all of New York (beating out such popular favorites as the polar bear tank in the central park zoo), and I make a point of visiting your fine institution as frequently as possible– usually around once a month. I’m sure you can understand my excitement when I heard about the opportunity to spend the night in the museum, and my accompanying disappointment when I realized that my lack of recent child bearing takes me out of the running. Say it aint so! Yes, I missed the cutoff by 13 years, but can I still be a part of this amazing experience??
All best,
CRISTIN
I look forward to their response.
Roar!
4 Responses to “Dinosaurs by moonlight”
January 31st, 2007 at 10:44 am
holy crap, that would be awesome. i would totally do that with you.
they probably only have the age thing because they don’t want people to have sex in there. i guess if you’re busy chasing around kids, you aren’t going to find the time for some nooky in the hall of ocean life. which, in my opinion, is like one of the sexiest places in new york.
January 31st, 2007 at 12:28 pm
My company ID gets me and 5 guests in to the museum for free. I’ve only used it once. Let me know when you want to go!!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Stickles,
Hi. Derekh Froude here. Katie Fee’s old roommate. Katie referring me to your blog entry because of Katie and my love for the AMNH. Yes, if they allowed adults to spend the night in the museum no doubt everyone would end up drunk and having sex all over the museum. It would probably be the best night every had on Earth.
January 31st, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Maybe we could borrow a child . . . my coworkers’ kids are too young, but surely we know someone who could do with a little overnight get-my-kid-outta-the-house. Cousins? Friends? Ad on craigslist?