You're guaranteed an afternoon of learning AND fun when you take the family to the Museum of Natural History in NY (located at Central Park West and 79th street). 

You can visit some of the greatest exhibits in the world including the Hall of  Universe, the Hall of Planet Earth, and the newly renovated Hall of Ocean Life featurning the 94 foot-long model of a blue whale suspended form the ceiling. 

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