5/5 Jillian F. 3 years ago on Google
Today
was
the
first
cold
day
of
fall.
We
were
on
our
way
home
from
Manhattan
to
Wichita
and
wanted
to
stretch
our
legs
and
get
some
walking
in
with
our
5yo
daughter.
This
was
our
choice
of
stop.
I
have
to
tell
you
-
I
have
a
masters
degree
in
museum
studies
and
worked
in
museums
for
years.
The
“museum”
at
Rolling
Hills
has
THE
best
nature
based
dioramas
I
have
ever
seen.
I
have
been
to
every
Smithsonian,
the
Field
Museum,
and
the
NYC
museums.
I
was
blown
away.
The
quality,
care,
and
vast
number
of
taxidermied
species
was
unreal
to
me.
After
we
went
through
the
museum
we
braved
the
cold
and
walked
the
zoo,
enjoying
every
little
thing
along
the
way.
It
is
clean,
animals
seemed
well
cared
for,
species
were
varied
and
interesting.
We
happened
to
come
upon
a
keeper
feeding
the
rhinos
(never
have
I
seen
an
Indian
rhino
in
person,
and
being
a
huge
Albrecht
Durer
fan,
I
was
thrilled
to
pull
out
my
phone
and
show
my
husband
the
hundreds
of
years
old
sketch
that
so
matched
their
rhino!).
She
was
friendly,
helpful,
and
knowledgeable.
It
was
a
joy
to
talk
to
her
and
she
interacted
with
us
in
such
a
way
that
I
didn’t
want
to
move
on
to
more
exhibits.
I
am
grateful
we
stopped,
and
I
do
have
one
suggestion.
The
museum
nerd
in
me
really
wants
to
know
the
provenance,
exhibit
history,
taxidermy
team,
and
level
of
care
the
specimens
in
the
dioramas
receive.
It
is
worth
a
small
pamphlet
or
note
on
the
website
for
sure.
Someone’s
collection
is
vastly
impressive,
and
they
deserve
credit
in
a
short
book
that
I
would
definitely
buy
from
the
gift
shop!
Ideally
it
would
have
the
same
informative
maps
of
each
exhibit
but
then
specimen
history
as
well
as
species
history.
We
will
be
back!