After six months of hibernation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the New York Museum of Natural History is slowly coming back to life.
This closure, the longest in 150 years, will have at least made it possible to clean all the teeth of the dinosaurs.
"He has so many big teeth! I wonder if they can break any bones!" Enthuses Emma Murphy, a young visitor.
“Not being able to come here for 6 months was hard for us. So when we found out that the museum was reopening, we were really happy,” explains her mother Chrissie Murphy.
In this museum, as in all cultural sites in New York, the capacity is limited to 25%.
For Lisa Krassner, the head of the visitors and security service of the natural history museum, now is the time to take advantage: "This is the perfect opportunity to make this museum yours and to really enjoy it. 'explore without the crowds'.
"The beating heart of New York"
Due to the closed borders, the tourists who wander are Americans and mainly New Yorkers.
For traders, this is a significant shortfall.
"Tourists are not going to come back before there is a vaccine. And if it works in the spring, business should resume," said Dan Rossi, a hot dog seller.
While waiting for the end of the pandemic, the inhabitants of the district benefit from their city.
The Empire State Building, a symbol of New York, has also reopened.
He accompanied New Yorkers throughout the crisis.
“We are the beating heart of New York. And arguably the most moving moment during this pandemic has been the lights we lit in honor of the heroes. Not just the city, not just the United States, but the whole world ", describes Jean-Yves Ghazi, director of the Empire State Building.
From the top of the 320 meters of the observatory, one can now hear again the rumor of the city remained asleep for far too long.
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