Out & About

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The glitter and glory of New York seemed insignificant Tuesday afternoon at the American Museum of Natural History’s annual family party, where distractions included dinosaur fossils, live geckos, and one gigantic whale.

“I like the animals in their habitats,” Serena Miniter, 8, said of the museum’s dioramas. “I like to see where they lived and what they ate.”

In the butterfly conservatory, Charlotte Lebenthal, 10, extended her arm, hoping a butterfly would land there. She saw something else instead. “I think one of them is dead,” Miss Lebenthal said. “Poor little guy.”

A quiet moment passed before a bright orange Monarch butterfly flickered past and led the way to more discoveries.

These included music by the Bossy Frog Band and Music for Aardvarks and two moonwalks. The chairwomen of the party were Devon Briger, Catherine Eristoff, Meera Gandhi, Liz Lange, Alexandra Lebenthal, Simone Mailman, and Kelly Sugarman.


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