Out & About
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The glitter and glory of New York seemed insignificant Tuesday afternoon at the American Museum of Natural History’s annual family party, where distractions included dinosaur fossils, live geckos, and one gigantic whale.
“I like the animals in their habitats,” Serena Miniter, 8, said of the museum’s dioramas. “I like to see where they lived and what they ate.”
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