What can be better than dinosaurs, dancing, dinner, cupcakes, and glowsticks? Nothing, really. Last night, the American Museum of Natural History held their annual New York Young Philanthropists Museum Dance themed "Bright Young Things," with glowsticks ablaze. The theme, honoring the museum's new exhibit, Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence, brought out the bright side of New York City.

The evening was sponsored by Saks Fifth Avenue and featured a silent auction, cocktail party, dinner, and a glowstick-lit after party with beats by DJ Jus-Ske.

We're not going to lie, AMNH is our favorite museum of all time. All parties aside, it is easily the coolest museum, well, ever. If you love astronomy, animals, anthropology et al, this is the museum for you. With one of the largest dinosaur exhibits in the world, a Planetarium, and room after room full of fossils and artifacts, you'll be hard pressed to get through the entire museum in one day. It really is phenomenal.

 

 

 

Through generous donations via their annual events, AMNH is able to keep their facilities top-notch while throwing one heck of a party. This year's theme brought out young supporters from all over the city, decked out in their best black tie neon ensembles. The evening started with a cocktail party where guests sipped martinis with a couple dinosaurs (literally) in the "Roosevelt Rotunda." Next, a three course dinner was served in the "Milstein Hall of Ocean Life" where guests wined and dined beneath a giant 150 foot blue whale surrounded by marine life exhibits. Lastly, we were led to the "Akeley African Mammal" hall where the dance party started with DJ Jus-Ske, glowsticks, giant elephants, lions, and other mammalians. Guests were treated to a movie-theater style popcorn machine, fresh soft pretzels, appetizers, and cupcakes from Baked by Melissa. By the end of the night we were stuffed and covered in glowsticks, literally. (See exhibit A.)

Guests in attendance included Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Amy Fine Collins, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Sarah Arison, Chris and Jennie Tarr Coyne, Colleen and Kipp Deveer, Melissa and Carney Hawks, Suzanne Stemper Johnson, Kristen Edgreen Kaufman and Michael Kaufman, Beth and Christopher Kojima, Anna Kovner and Seth Meisel, Nina and Mike Patterson, Karin and Steve Sadove, Heather and Ross Schulman, Julianna Simmons, Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff, Roger Altman and Jurate Kazicaks, Amy and Jeff Tarr, Emma Bloomberg and Chirs Frissora, Dan Levine and Jessie Tisch, Jill and Harry Kargman, Jon and Victoria Patricof, Jesse Angelo, Lauren and Brian Frank, Lisa Blau, Kathleen Ruiz, Michael and Seren Shvo.

For more info about AMNH and to stay up-to-date on future events and exhibits, check out http://www.amnh.org/

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