The Museum (The Inside Story): A Day Behind the Scenes at a Natural History Museum

Ages 5 to 8

Find out what goes on behind the scenes at a museum in this illustrated nonfiction story by tour guide Dustin Growick.

This gentle story follows the exploits of a family, students on a school trip, and some security guards, among others, over the course of a busy day at an amazing museum. Along the way readers will discover how the museum team put on exhibitions and how dinosaur fossils are carefully preserved. They will also gain access to the incredible underground vaults that store ninety-nine percent of a museum’s collections.

Stunning illustrations by Laura Martín bring the world of a museum to life, from the high-vaulted ceilings of the entrance hall to the planetarium—with plenty of things for eagle-eyed readers to spot in the illustrations .

By the end of the book kids will have a newfound respect for all of the work that goes into making every museum experience memorable.

About the Author

Dustin Growick is a science communicator and author who spent several years working as a tour guide at the American Museum of Natural History. He helped conceive, launch, and build Museum Hack, a business featuring one-of-a-kind adult museum experiences that key on audience engagement and exceptional storytelling. He is also a dinosaur expert who has previously written two dinosaur books for DK. dustingrowick.com

Laura Martín was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She worked for almost a decade in children's publishing companies as editorial designer and illustration assistant before becoming a freelance illustrator.