The Post stepped into a cavernous atrium in the 230,000-square-foot center designed by architect Jeanne Gang that recalls the canyons of the American southwest.
The museum features pinned butterflies and beetles, oversized models of bees and mosquitos, and an 8,000-pound resin model of a beehive.Stefano GiovanniniStefano Giovannini“The new insectarium addresses a lack in the museum’s exhibitions for the last 50 years: nothing devoted to insects, the most diverse life forms on Earth, absolutely critical to so many ecosystems,” said James Carpenter, curator of invertebrate zoology.
One floor up, 1,000 butterflies from 80 different species flap across a hot and humid indoor garden, perching on purple and yellow platforms, tropical plants, and even visitors’ shoulders. , an immersive and interactive experience that showcases all the ways life on Earth is interconnected. Getty Images for WSF
During a 12-minute video, viewers are completely surrounded by shimmering molecules and DNA strands, before jumping to tree roots collecting water, whales chasing krill undersea, and even music jam sessions in Central Park. On three of the four floors open to the public at the new center, floor-to-ceiling glass displays reveal a slice of the 4 million specimens that are housed in the building — from butterflies collected by “Lolita” author Vladimir Nabokov to “cleared and stained” sea horses in jars.
“It actually will focus in on the story of that object,” said museum president Sean M. Decatur. “And so how it was discovered, and then how scientists are actually using that piece of the collection now to explore interesting contemporary questions in science.”
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