The day before Christmas we went on a family excursion. I had waited to go visit the National History Museum, even though it opened at the end of November, because I wanted to experience it all with the family.
Already in the entrance, you are greeted by the first dinosaur skeletons! A whole heard of sauropod dinosaurs. Quite impressive!
This museum takes you on a journey, from the very beginning of the universe to the formation of earth, and to the origin and evolution of life. It is covering 13.8 billion years of history.
There were plenty of dinosaurs! Fossils of T-Rex, Eoraptors, Smilosuchus, Stegosaurus and Camarasaurus... and much more!
Much to see, much to read about, much to learn.
The era that we are living in now is the Cenozoic Era, which began 66 million years ago. Here you get to take a closer look at the Miocene Period, where they present what happened right here in Abu Dhabi 7 million years ago, and who lived here then. F.e the giant four-tusked elephant Stegotetrabelodon. Interesting!
Lucy is currently on display here too. She is one of the most famous fossils ever discovered, a 3.2 million-year old early human ancestor found in Ethiopia in 1974.
We found our way up to the mezzanine, to see the big gallery from above. Spectacular!
Mormor found some cool crystals:
And Linnea found a cute hat in the souvenir shop. Roar!
What a great addition to Saadiyat Cultural District!
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