Episode 33: Night at the Museum (2006)
On this episode we’re spending the Night at the Museum, the 2006 blockbuster where dinosaurs skeletons, historical dioramas, and ancient archaeological artifacts come to life. Josh is frustrated by the plot holes, but Ross uses all of his academic might
Screens of the Stone Age · Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
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Show Notes
On this episode we’re spending the Night at the Museum, the 2006 blockbuster where dinosaurs skeletons, historical dioramas, and ancient archaeological artifacts come to life. Josh is frustrated by the plot holes, but Ross uses all of his academic might to rationalize the inconsistent worldbuilding. Either way, this movie is a celebration of museums, and we can all get behind that.
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The museum in the film is modelled after the American Museum of Natural History in New York: https://www.amnh.org/
Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun were different people: https://www.theclassroom.com/difference-between-genghis-khan-attila-hun-23102.html
Neanderthals didn’t usually make cave paintings, but sometimes they did: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02357-8
Alfred Russel Wallace was way cooler than Darwin: https://wallacefund.myspecies.info/content/biography-wallace
Source: “This was once revealed to me in a dream”: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/source-i-made-it-up
Attendance to the AMNH increased in the weeks following this movie’s release: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/nyregion/thecity/14muse.html
Admission UK museums is free: https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/case-study/free-entry-to-museums-in-the-uk
Easter Islanders call for return of statue from British Museum: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jun/04/easter-islanders-call-for-return-of-statue-from-british-museum
Howard Carter stole Tutankhamun’s treasure: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/13/howard-carter-stole-tutankhamuns-treasure-new-evidence-suggests
Read Ross’s book, The Missing Lynx: https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/missing-lynx-9781472957351/
Anton van Leeuwenhoek identified sperm cells under a microscope after making love to his wife: https://gizmodo.com/the-first-time-anyone-saw-sperm-1708170526
The Scully Effect: https://seejane.org/research-informs-empowers/the-scully-effect-i-want-to-believe-in-stem/