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.

Follow trainers on early-morning fitness walks through the Museum before it opens to the public, enjoying a quiet visit and views of favorite dioramas and displays.

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.

Calling all future astronauts! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live and work in space? Train to go on space walks, conduct experiments on a space station, and experience the thrill of space travel. 

When you snack on potato chips, or enjoy spicy Thai noodles, do you ever wonder where your food comes from? How it was grown? Explore these questions and more in workshops based on the Museum’s latest special exhibition, Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. 

The Museum's celebrated spaces serve as the setting for an intensive after-hours drawing course with illustrator and naturalist Patricia Wynne. 

The concept of nothing is as old as zero itself. How do we grapple with the concept of nothing? From the best laboratory vacuums on Earth to the vacuum of space to what lies beyond, the idea of nothing continues to intrigue professionals and the public alike.

Join Hayden Planetarium Director Neil deGrasse Tyson as he moderates the world's leading voices in this great scientific debate.

Tickets are sold out; please visit amnh.org/live for information on watching the debate live on our site.

Tama Matsuoka Wong, forager for Daniel, the renowned New York City restaurant of Daniel Boulud, and author of Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer’s Market discusses "eating from nature's garden." Tastings included.

SOLD OUT — Be among the first to view this exciting new exhibition about the world’s largest sea mammals. Then, join us for a wine reception, and mingle with your fellow Members.

Break out your sleeping bags and experience the Museum as never before. 

Members can enjoy free, exclusive morning access to Whales: Giants of the Deep, for the first two days the exhibition is open. Registration required; call 212-769-5200. 

Join us in the Hayden Planetarium as we soar through the Universe on a hunt for planets beyond our solar system!

Take a walk in Theodore Roosevelt’s boots by trekking through urban environments, learning the data-gathering techniques and technologies conservation scientists use to explore endangered habitats.

In these one-day workshops, middle and high school teachers will explore ways to use the revised Educator’s Guide for the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth. This hall presents amazing objects for examining essential questions about Earth Science.

Most comets–those dazzling, mysterious visitors from the depths of space—turn out to be unimpressive sky objects, but in July 2011, astronomers in Hawaii using a special robotic telescope found a comet that shows some promise to put on a good show during March 2013. Joe Rao will talk about the historical and scientific importance of comets and then, using the Zeiss IX projector, show just where to look for the new Comet PANSTARRS.