Day 36: Lions and tigers and bears...

I'm Adam Sell and I have two months left before I leave Boston. My challenge? Do something in the city every day. Have ideas for my adventure? Send me an email.

...oh my. And yes, I decided that was obligatory, when the day's destination was the Harvard Museum of Natural History. I got a few tips to visit the various Harvard museums, and this was the top of my list. Dinosaurs, duh!

Although my excitement was tempered somewhat by the frequency with which several rambunctious youth groups passed through. Obviously, I can't say "quiet, kids", cause they're in a museum - better that they're learning about geodes than sitting and watching TV, I guess - but it's still really disruptive. And then throw in the smell of formaldehyde and my patience wore pretty quickly. I'm not sure I made it through every exhibit.

While I personally enjoyed the room with the examples of minerals (it's quartz! Check it out!), I decided that pictures of stuffed animals are more interesting than pictures of rocks. And when I say "stuffed animals", clearly I don't mean Tigger. By the time I found the room with the dinosaur skeletons, the aroma of the old building had started to get to me, so I didn't stick around.

Perhaps if I'd gone that direction first, rather than last, I'd have been better off. I also got to explore, albeit briefly, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, which is adjacent to the Natural History Museum. That one was full of artifacts from ancient cultures, including weaponry. Weaponry is always cool. Because I said so.