There's something about wandering into empty halls filled with dinosaur fossils at the American Museum of Natural History that immediately awakens the 6-year-old inside of you. Everything's basically the same in the early morning, except there's no lines, no screaming -- just a bunch of completely silent, very large dinosaur bones. Obviously a very successful movie franchise has been made about this very phenomenon, but as we come to the end of another long-awaited National Museum Month (it was long-awaited for some of us, okay?), it seemed natural to talk about dinosaurs. BLOG POSTS | Constance Valis Hill: Shall We Dance? Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson : Hollywood 's First Interracial Couple There was something about Robinson as a highly accomplished adult male dancer, matching his steps to those of an adorable little girl, which brought both pleasure and a release of anxiety to audiences in the 1930s. | | David Coates: Olympic Lessons for an Imperial America As American eyes turn to London, it will be worth remembering that this will be London's second post-World War II Olympic Games, not the first, and that there are also medals to be won by comparing the condition of the UK during the last time the Games were held in London with its condition now. | | Gerit Quealy: Curse of the Scottish Play -- the Opposite of Life Ghosts and vampires and zombies, who cares? Movies can't hurt you, but the curse of Macbeth in the theater is real. | | Evelyne Politanoff: Peter Lindbergh: The Naked Truth Eleven well-known women unadorned, makeup-free and unadulterated by Photoshop, just their pure, natural beauty. | | Nick Kolakowski: Follow Museums Like Others Follow Sports Teams Like sports teams, many of the major museums live and die by their seasonal lineup. A series of good shows attracts paying visitors, and generates the buzz that draws headlines, sponsorships, and donors. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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