The questions in the hunt don’t build on one another, so families with tired kids can skip ahead without feeling like they’ve missed anything. We enjoyed seeing a rare skeleton of a dodo bird, as well as a terrifyingly realistic panorama of Komodo dragons.

We also thought the langur, a type of monkey in the Hall of Primates, looked just like a shorter-haired version of a Demiguise. One of our favorite parts of the tour was the world’s largest collection of horse skeletons, which look exactly like Thestrals in the Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts movies, just without the wings. The tour also provides crafts for younger groups, like decorating unicorn horns or creating your own magical creature. We answered questions about some beasts, drew pictures of others, searched for our Patronus animal, and looked for friends of Pickett in the North American Woodland. Be sure to be back in two hours! You need to return before a rival group called the Creature Catchers catches up with you!Īs we searched for beasts throughout our tour, we completed a wide variety of activities in our packet. The Deal: You’re a Creature Caller - someone who has the ability to find and protect creatures wherever they may be. We were also provided with our scavenger hunt packet, which gave detailed instructions on how to get to each exhibit, clues about where to look for our creatures once we got there, and fun facts about different fantastic beasts. Inside were mini notebooks for recording our observations, pencils with Fantastic Beasts–inspired sayings, a flashlight for the darker exhibit halls, and a map of the museum. When we first arrived at the Natural History Museum, Evan Levy from fable & lark met us with our very own version of Newt’s suitcase filled with all the necessary supplies for our scavenger hunt. The tour is an especially good way for parents to engage their kids with museum content that might otherwise be overwhelming and confusing. The Natural History Museum is the perfect place for lovers of animals both mythical and real, and we would highly recommend this tour for families, birthday parties, and even adult lovers of Harry Potter.

Sophia and Sophie outside of the American Museum of Natural History before their “Here Be Dragons” scavenger hunt with fable & lark Storied Adventures.

School of dragons scavenger hunt