Not long ago, my roommate Anže and I went on a trip to the Museum of Natural History. The museum isn’t far from where we live, but he was already nerding out about dinosaurs on the way there. I kind of understand that, since dinosaurs were basically real-life monsters. I didn’t expect the museum to be such a fancy place, but I quickly saw why Anže decided to dress nicely. The first thing you see when you walk in is a massive dinosaur hanging from the ceiling. After staring at it for a solid minute, we moved on, because the museum is huge and supposedly one of the biggest natural history museums in Paris. We continued by looking at other species that once lived in the same areas. I noticed that the museum is designed in a way where the higher you go, the closer you get to the present time with the animals displayed. When we reached the second floor, we saw African and Arctic animals, which we went through pretty quickly, even though I spotted a lemur that looked suspiciously like me. Because there were so many people, we decided to move on to the next floor.The third floor displayed wild European animals, such as wild boars, brown bears, foxes, deer, and other species commonly found in Slovenia. While walking through, I realized that most people who visit museums like this have probably never even stepped into a forest or seen a wild boar or elk in real life. These are the same people who think cows are purple. Well, fine, everyone has their own ideas. The last floor showed how humans shaped dogs and cats into the animals we know today, and how Paris developed as a city over time. After that, we went to see the exhibition in the basement, which showed how different cultures live in desert environments. That’s when I remembered that the Arctic and Antarctica are technically deserts too.

I would give the museum a three out of five. In my opinion, it’s made more for city people than for those who walk through forests on a weekly basis.