It's been a hot minute since I checked out a museum-- like an entire year since my La Brea Tar Pits videos, which apparently non-zero little girls are watching online??? Anyhow, come join me as I check out NHM Commons, the newest wing at the Natural History Museum!
NHM Commons⁽ᵃ⁾ at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyCommunity Plaza⁽ᵃ⁾More about the bedrock mortars⁽ᵃ⁾And more about “the Path of Water⁽ᵃ⁾”A little girl recognizing meAnd also her friend pushing her into talking to me, if you look in the reflections on the glass at 2:53My literal worst-case scenario anxiety nightmare: public speakingGnatalie⁽ᵃ⁾Me failing to pronounce her “diplodocidae” for 20 minutes because of this one YouTube video I watched as a childLA History: A Mexican Perspective⁽ᵃ⁾The museum staff pulling Alan fucking Grant out from the dinosaur lab to come speak to meSome Non-English Vocabulary
“Tongva” (Wikipedia)“aweeshkore”“Tovaangar” (Wikipedia)“Yaanga” (Wikipedia)“Paayme Paxaayt” (Wikipedia)“tuna” (Wikipedia)“Toongvet”“Totoongvetam”Lety Does the NHM Commons at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County2:35 Community Plaza
7:43 Intro (Cont.)
8:46 Gnatalie
10:56 Gnatalie (Kiosk)
12:23 LA History: A Mexican Perspective
14:30 LA History: A Mexican Perspective (Kiosk)
18:50 LA History: A Mexican Perspective (Cont.)
19:12 Doing Science Better, Together
21:47 Outro