I went to #AMNH on Friday for my first time and managed to see a reasonable fraction of it.
I grew up near to, around, and in the #Carnegie museum of natural history, AMNH's cousin. They're similar in style. AMNH is bigger of course but maybe not better.
In terms of dinosaurs: a century ago they were the two prominent museums in the US competing directly for specimens. (They still are of course but there's more competition.)
I'm biased, but I feel like the Carnegie does better with both the old-timey early 20th-century prehistoric displays, and also the modernized mounts and scientific story-of-vertebrate-evolution. It's close. High marks to both.
Note, if you want tyrannosaurs, don't miss the Museum of Rockies in #bozeman
The Carnegie has nothing of the indigenous PNW peoples and can't compare although their Inuit room is quite good. AMNH does a good job orienting and presenting the native peoples of Cascadia. There is a shout-out (briefly) to #8thGeneration #Seattle which was nice to see.
Of course, go to #vancouver #ubc or #victoria Royal BC Museum to knock your socks off.
Nate Franzen