Has anyone seen this museam?
If so would you reccomend it for people of all ages and would it be interesting even to those who are not exactly huge fans of actual baseball games?
Baseball As America Field Museam
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I saw the moving exhibit last year when it was at the museum of Natural History in NYC. I'm not sure which version of it you are referring to, they may have a few different collections. I am a baseball fan and write and publish baseball info. With that said, I think the exhibit might be a little deep and not "hands on" enough for those who really aren't all that interested. It's all relative, I'm not sure what you mean by "not exactly huge fans". A lot of people find baseball boring to watch on TV; if that is the case, they might be disappointed with this exhibit. I, of course, enjoyed it greatly but I'm really into history, stats, and fantasy league. Just to give an example, one exhibit was reports from scouts when they were looking at MLB stars while they were in high school. You can dig through some papers with their notes written in chicken scratch in the margin of their stat sheets. Funny, Mike Piazza got a terrible rating when they looked at him in high school and only got signed because his family was friends with Tommy Lasorda. He ended up a star. If exploring this stuff is intersting, then you might like it.
I saw this exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in NYC last year. Interestingly, I liked it more than my husband, who is a true baseball junkie! I grew up with my father watching baseball whenever it was on TV and I knew all the names as a result. Also, they have things from baseball movies like A League of Their Own, Field of Dreams, The Natural, etc. One cool thing was being able to actually lift some of the bats used by the most famous players - it was incredible how heavy they were! Anyway, I enjoyed it even though I practically RUN from the room when my husband starts talking or watching baseball!
Hi - we just saw this exhibit in Chicago on Thursday. It was excellent! We spent more than an hour in it, but my husband and I could have spent twice that long if we'd been without the kids. My 5-yr-old son, who loves baseball, was very interested in it, but my daughter, who has no interest in sports, was totally bored. It deals with some historical aspects of the game (WW II, negro leagues, women's league, etc), has a bit of hands-on stuff, and of course lots of gloves, bats, etc that used to belong to famous people. Also has several computer stations where you can look up data on any player in the Hall of Fame. Go see it!