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The Field Museum

The Field Museum is situated in North America, precisely in Chicago, Ilinois state being funded in 1893. The museum has several historical exhibitions and decorative objects, archaeological objects, scientist.

The main purpose of the Field Museum is to concentrate on accumulating and disseminating of knowledge over 20 million biological collections. Besides that, the great museum has to offer several programs about how could people educate themselves.

After the museum was built, it was known as the Columbian Museum of Chicago. But 12 years layer, in 1905, the name of the Field Museum became longer: The Field Museum of Natural History for the reason to to honor Marshall F, the benefactor of the first major of the museum.

But the collections of biological arts have composed the exhibition of the museum.

Through these exhibits we could mention for example the bird habitats, African culture, animal biology, fossils, eskimos, Native American cultures, and much, much more. Check the Museum’s website for current temporary exhibits. You won’t want to miss everyone’s favorite, Sue, the world’s largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex.

Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by admin  |  No Comments »

San Luis Potosi-Part 3

The city at night

San Luis Potosi is the perfect place where you can have part in the same time of flexible moments and parties.

Most of places where parties could take place are the hotels from the center of the San Luis Potosi city. In this way, you can even stay at night in a hotel room enjoying the Mexican parties at night. This tradition makes the locals more popular than they seem to be. A very special and traditional Mexican night is the day of 16th of September when it is the Mexico’s Independence Day. This party hosts tourists from all around the world offering them excellent dinners, shows with dancers and even live music or the most specific Mexican musician are the mariachis.
Besides this special night, you have part of several night bars or restaurants. There are a plenty of them.

Conditions of weather

San Luis Potosi is very lucky in this situation. Tourists don’t have to complain about the weather the throughout the year. If they do this, this happens rarely. It seems that all the time is spring. You can feel it because of the altitude. But definitely if you want to relax by practising some extreme sports, this is not the right place you should choose.
Nowhere is better than here, be sure of that.

Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by admin  |  No Comments »

San Luis Potosi-Part 2

The Center of The City

Exactly in the center of the San Luis Potosi city the atmosphere is better than anywhere. Here tourists could most feel like having fun and also from there you can see every outdoor activity.

Several things that in other tourist destinations you will not find are for example the cosed off traffic. In the city’s center only pedestrian could take a ride and visit it. Maybe that’s why the city is one of the cleanest top attraction of Mexico.

Without noise, without cars, people could definitely choose this city as a great holiday maker.As many cities have, there is a square in the center, the Plaza de Armas, the main of them. On the other side, the most important park is the Alameda. This is the perfect place where you can have a cool drink. You can get some fresh air in the shade of the trees.

It also hosts the Cathedral, the Gobierno Palace, another must “visit” attractions. Another plazas could be Plaza del Carmen, Plaza de los Fundadores and Plaza de San Francisco.

The Municipal Palace is the best place where the priceless arts and sculptures could have ever been. It’s like you bring back a part of its history.

The San Luis Potosi’s museums

San Luis Potosi city has a lot of museums to show you. The most important of them are the National Mask Museum which has a large variety of national exhibits and arts; and Casa de la Cultura for different archaeological finds.

Posted on July 1st, 2009 by admin  |  No Comments »