Line was ridiculous which is no fault of the museu...

Line was ridiculous which is no fault of the museum but there was very little to no communication in the form of stanchions or what have you.

Many of the exhibits are sorely outdated and I found the interpretations weak - they didn t do much to contextualize their peoples portions or create the impression of interrelation between peoples of a region.

What REALLY got me though is I paid the full suggested donation and then ALL the areas I really wanted to see (oceans, rotunda, portions of the forest exhibit) were closed off in preparation for an event. If I had known I would have gone some other day or not at all but there was -0- indication of this being the case.

Like I get it, it s a public museum and events bring in the big bucks but I felt screwed. The exhibits that were still open were showing their age. I ve wanted to go here since I was a kid and now I m just bummed.