Who are we, and where do we come from? Take a fascinating journey through human evolution and learn about our relatives, from early primates to the first Homo sapiens to walk the Earth.

Who are we, and where do we come from? Take a fascinating journey through human evolution and learn about our relatives, from early primates to the first Homo sapiens to walk the Earth.

Ants, oak trees, elephants, bacteria: our planet teems with an incredible diversity of life. But is there life beyond Earth? Learn how scientists look for clues that could lead to the discovery of life on other planets.

Join a guide for an insider’s introduction to all that the Museum has to offer, from world-famous habitat dioramas to the spectacular Hayden Planetarium and the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The Members-only tour meets in the Portrait Room on the second floor. 

This exhibition features more than 20 sets of large-format images that showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the Museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies.

Travel 13 billion years into the past, when the first stars were born, in this Space Show narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.

Witness the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths in a presentation of more than 30 large-format prints by Canadian photographer Jim des Rivières. 

Mingle with up to 500 live, free-flying tropical butterflies.

Flight of the Butterflies takes viewers on the epic 3,000-mile journey traveled every fall by half a billion Monarch butterflies!

Courses for NYC high school students interested in the sciences offered late February through mid-April 2013.