{"id":17405,"date":"2018-01-02T15:45:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T20:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=17405"},"modified":"2019-06-18T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T23:56:01","slug":"night-remember-american-museum-natural-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/sleepover-amnh-american-museum-natural-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A Night to Remember at the American Museum of Natural History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NYC Children\u2019s Aid kids prepared their sleeping cots underneath the 94-foot-long blue whale in the American Museum of Natural History\u2019s Milstein Hall of Ocean Life.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the 2006 movie \u2018Night at the Museum,\u2019<\/span> the famed American Museum of Natural History literally came to life after dark, and this fall, the storied New York City museum, together with Samsung, gave a group of 60 lucky students affiliated with Children\u2019s Aid NYC an up close and personal experience with science in a fun-packed sleepover visit. It\u2019s all part of Samsung\u2019s initiative that aims to connect its nonprofit partners and give children, ages 6 to 13, from underserved communities unique educational experiences they otherwise may not have access to that increase their interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).<\/p>\n

Science exploration and excitement were at the top of the agenda November 10, when the kids and their 20 chaperones ventured into the legendary Upper West Side museum, where a colossal Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton greets guests in the Rotunda, and where the students had the privilege of sleeping under the watchful gaze of the 94-foot-long blue whale in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids can all wander around and find their own special area of interest,\u201d said Bradley Harris, senior director of visitor services for the museum.<\/strong> \u201cFrom space exploration to the Hall of Ocean Life and our biodiversity halls, we have something for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

For many of the Children\u2019s Aid kids this was their first visit to a museum, let alone one as large as the American Museum of Natural History which spans four city blocks and has 45 permanent halls to explore.<\/p>\n

By sponsoring the group for the museum\u2019s sleepover event, Samsung\u2019s goal was two-fold: To remove any hurdles that would prevent the kids\u2019 ability to experience everything the museum has to offer and give them the opportunity to have an experience of a lifetime, while also linking two of Samsung\u2019s long-standing, non-profit partners. To Samsung, the connection between Children\u2019s Aid and the museum was an obvious one given how both organizations are working to have a lasting impact on children\u2019s education.<\/p>\n

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