The Natural History Museum

Back in February one of my brothers' good friends passed away very suddenly.  My oldest brother decided he wanted to be up her for the funeral, so he took his whole family up here with him. Although the circumstances were sad, we loved having them up for the weekend. We were able to take my nephews around town for some fun adventures while my brother and sis-in-law spent time with old friends.

One of the places that we went was the new Natural History Museum, up by Red Butte Gardens. Mom and I had been wanting to go, so this was the perfect opportunity. By the way, if you haven't been to it yet, it really is worth the time and money to go!

In front of the museum

Will in front of some of the old collection.

Walker in the same place. This collage was really awesome! It was just so artistically put together!

Looking at the bugs

Playing in the water

Catching pretend fish in the pretend stream

The burrow

Can you see us peeking out of the the burrow?

Watching the paleontologists at work

Standing at the entrance to the amazing dinosaur exhibit

What a dinosaur dig looks like. The glass floor was very cool.

Dinosaur skulls

Working on the dinosaur skull puzzle

Pretty pleased with their dinosaur skull

Can you see the little dinosaur climbing on the larger one's back? I loved the creativity in this exhibit.

This is a different view of the same dinosaurs

Some of the animals that were around during the time of the Wooly Mammoth and Saber-Tooth Tiger

Will loved watching playing with the exhibit that showed how the nutrients and water get to the plants.

This was a lot of fun

Braiding and weaving like the ancient people did

Will did a pretty good job with his weave

Working on an archeological dig site

Walker charting their progress

What a cute kid!

How wind affects erosion

How water affects erosion

Learning about the shifting of the earth's plates

Skulls now and then

In front of the animal exhibit

Grandma and Walks checking out the amazing butterfly exhibit

Working on the plant and animal cell puzzles.

The puzzle lit up when you completed it.

Matching the DNA

The Weather exhibit

Drawing a picture about the weather

Out on the balcony that overlooked Salt Lake

Just chillin'

Will loved this weather computer

Walker just liked to be free

Writing in the visitor's log

Walks in the front hall

Will is looking at the computer and is so sad that we are leaving!