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In this all-new Space Show narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, travel 13 billion years into the past, when the first stars were born.
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Explore the spices, inventions, and cultures of the ancient Silk Road in this exciting workshop.
Saturday, February 13

What could be more romantic than champagne under the magical, star-filled sky?
Sunday, February 14

Explore the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins while learning about DNA and how to use fossil evidence.
Monday, February 15

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live, work, and travel in space? Can life exist on other planets?
Monday, February 15

Learn to spin silk from cocoons, make paper from pulp, and dye fabrics with indigo as you experience the music, food, and cultures of the ancient Silk Road.
Monday, February 15

Is there a modern wine that can trace its lineage back to ancient Turfan, a desert oasis along the Silk Road?
Wednesday, February 17

Visit the Department of Entomology to see some of the Museum’s world-class insect collections.
Thursday, February 18

Get an up-close look at some fascinating nocturnal animals with Rob Mies of the Organization for Bat Conservation.
Saturday, February 20

This program will explore the transformative power of song and the shifting cultural influences that drive musical styles.
Sunday, February 21

Catch a peek at owls, songbirds, and woodpeckers in the woods, seed-eating birds in the fields.
Tuesday, February 23

Using basic shapes like rectangles and circles, youngsters will gain a basic understanding of the constellations and learn to track them as they move across the night sky.
Tuesday, February 23

In this special presentation, Donny George Youkhanna will share his unique perspectives on the current archeological and museum conditions in Iraq.
Wednesday, February 24

The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Halls will serve as the setting for a fascinating tour that explains how the national parks were established.
Thursday, February 25

Join ornithologist Paul Sweet on this two-day birding and wildlife expedition to Montauk Point
Saturday, February 27
To thank you for being a member, we have reserved the Museum halls just for you for a special evening.
Tuesday, March 02
Join Jackie Faherty for a tour of Earth’s neighborhood.
Tuesday, March 02
In this workshop, children will discover how we can use robotic rovers and probes to explore places in space where humans cannot survive.
Tuesday, March 02
Celebrate the twelfth annual return of this re-created tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live butterflies.
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Monday, February 1
The American Museum of Natural History has gone mobile with our brand-new iPhone and iPod Touch application. The Museum [...]
Curator Ian Tattersall on Darwin’s Thoughts About the Fossil Evidence for Human EvolutionScien [...]
For years, visitors to the American Museum of Natural History have enjoyed award-winning Science Bul [...]
Leave our solar system behind in this interactive search for exoplanets
Intimate portraits of - and by - the people of China's mountainous Yunnan Province
What does the future hold for Asia's elephants?