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Family Party Chairmen © AMNH/D. Finnin
Back row
(left-right): Romy Coquillette, Katie Boes, Ashley Renshaw,
Katie Hood, Michaela Clary, Erica Martini, Ellen V. Futter,
Lyss Stern, Christine Bazylevsky, Joella Lykouretzos, Amy
Griffin, Andrea Smith Domzal, Andre Koester
Front row
(left-right): Jessica Marinaccio, Zibby Right, J. Tracey
Huff, Allison Mignone, Laura Whitman, Diana DiMenna,
Michelle-Marie Heinemann, Melissa Hawks, Ursula Corgan,
Vivian Kuan Queen, Lara Oboler, Kim Lippmann, Wendy Leon,
Janet Boris
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Seventeenth Annual Family Party
American Museum of Natural History
Over 2,500 children and
parents participated in an evening of adventure
throughout the Museum at the Seventeenth Annual
Family Party, on Tuesday, October 19,
from 5–7:30 pm. The Family Party, one of the
Museum’s best-loved annual traditions, is a very
special opportunity for children and adults of all
ages to experience the wonders and magic of the
Museum. Taking full advantage of the magnificent
halls, guests are treated to an evening full of fun.
They interact with live animals, dig for dinosaur
fossils, conduct fascinating experiments, experience
simulated space travel, meet with scientists, and
much more. Highlights included:
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The ever-popular “Museum
Science Center”—showcasing Museum
scientists and their ongoing work through engaging,
hands-on activities, including close encounters with
leeches, spiders, tortoises, and dart poison frogs.
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Performances by
the TV family band Laughing Pizza and
magician “Magic Al”
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Wacky
Wendy’s Hat Factory’s cogs and wheels churning
to build personalized hats
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Digging for fossils
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Cozy’s
Cuts for Kids
CHAIRMEN The 2010 Family
Party Chairmen are Hilary Addington, Diana Roesch
DiMenna, Melissa Hawks, Kim and Greg Lippman, Joella
Lykouretzos, Allison Mignone, and Laura Aryeh
Murawczyk.
SPONSOR This year’s
Family Party is generously supported by Tiffany &
Co.
PROCEEDS Proceeds from the
evening support the Museum’s educational and
scientific programming. |