American Museum of Natural History

4th Floor

Welcome to the Paleontology Wing, a temple of worlds and creatures lost to time!

Saurischian Dinosaurs (T. rex)

Advanced Mammals (Amphicyon)

Orientation Center (Patagotitan)

Ornithiscian Dinosaurs (Protoceratops)

Vertebrate Origins (Cryptoclidus)

Primitive Mammals (Glyptodon)

Object Representation

In the Primitive Mammals Hall, I took a picture of a distinct looking synapsid specimen, Cotylorhynchus, and made three observation drawings of varying levels of detail

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Sensory Diagram

When categorizing sensory data, I chose to record my partner's energy levels as I took on a date through each hall (and talked her ear off), as well as a Willem Dafoe chart of my hypthetical reactions to seeing each of the museum's dinosaurs in the flesh.

Data Story

I spent 15 minutes in each hall to monitor how many pictures were taken of the most popular creatures. I also factored where the pictures were taken from and the direction guests would come in from. Unsurprisingly, as shown below, the T. rex was the star of the show in the Saurischian Hall, but I found it interesting how many would go to the Apatosaurus vantage point just to get a better picture of the rex.

Ben Simon, 2025