{"id":832,"date":"2013-10-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/new-york-s-museum-of-natural-history\/"},"modified":"2016-05-16T19:37:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T19:37:47","slug":"new-york-s-museum-of-natural-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/new-york-s-museum-of-natural-history\/","title":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s Museum of Natural History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The American Museum of Natural History in New York City is a<br \/>\nwonderful and affordable experience for travelers of all ages.\u00a0 The historic building is located right next<br \/>\nto Central Park on the Upper West Side, in a beautiful part of the city best<br \/>\nseen during the day.\u00a0 The Museum was made<br \/>\nespecially popular by the film, <em>Night at<br \/>\nthe Museum<\/em>, and fans will recognize the museum right away by its large<br \/>\nstatue of Teddy Roosevelt on horseback at the front entrance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"New York's Museum of Natural History. Photo credit: Amy Wienier\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2013\/10\/IMG_0594.JPG\" alt=\"New York's Museum of Natural History. Photo credit: Amy Wienier\" width=\"783\" height=\"588\" \/><br \/>\nCheck Out the;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/flights\">CheapOair<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CheapOair\" target=\"_blank\">twitter feed<\/a>\u00a0for more great travel tips!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Museum is large and is comprised of dozens of buildings with<br \/>\nvarious themes of natural science and different levels of complexity.\u00a0 Visitors can see dioramas of animal and plant<br \/>\nlife from around the world, as well as historic artifacts documenting the progression<br \/>\nof mankind through tribal life in various parts of the world.\u00a0 The Ocean Life section is the most visually<br \/>\nstimulating, with a life size blue whale suspended above visitors head, and<br \/>\nmore beautiful diorama\u2019s of sea life around the perimeter. \u00a0\u00a0Another special attraction is the Hayden<br \/>\nPlanetarium and the Rose Center.\u00a0 Even if<br \/>\nyou opt out of the additional cost to visit the planetarium, the Rose center<br \/>\ntakes you on a cylindrical journey of the Universe\u2019s history, from its<br \/>\ninception to modern day, with descriptive and interesting displays as visitors progress<br \/>\nup the winding path to the Planetarium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em style=\"font-size: large;\">Looking for;<\/em><a style=\"font-size: large; font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/airline-tickets\/\">cheap airline tickets<\/a><em style=\"font-size: large;\">? Call us at;<\/em><br \/>\n<em style=\"font-size: large;\">888-299-4900<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rotating exhibitions are also on display in the theatre for<br \/>\nan additional cost as well as IMAX films, a Space Show, special tours and<br \/>\nevents like film festivals.\u00a0 Admission is<br \/>\na recommended donation of $22 for adults, $17 for students, $27 for admission<br \/>\nthe Museum, Rose Center, and one additional IMAX or Space Show, and for $35<br \/>\nvisitors can gain admission and access to all the presentations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Photo credit: Amy Wiener;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Museum of Natural History in New York City is a wonderful and affordable experience for travelers of all ages.\u00a0 The historic building is located right next to Central Park on the Upper West Side, in a beautiful part of the city best seen during the day.\u00a0 The Museum was made especially popular by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":97177157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,1358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interests","category-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97177159,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions\/97177159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97177157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}