Today at the Museum
Tuesday, January 22
Special Events
Coral: Rekindling Venus
Back by popular demand, Australian artist Lynette Wallworth’s immersive dome installation Coral: Rekindling Venus is returning to the Museum for a limited engagement, co-presented by the Sundance Film Festival. Corals come to life in Wallworth’s beautiful exploration of coral reef ecosystems and their struggles to handle environmental stresses including rising ocean temperatures.
Tuesday, January 22
After Hours Programs
Global Inspiration: American Foods, Indian Flavors
Take a culinary journey across the globe with Chef Floyd Cardoz, Bravo’s season 3 Top Chef Master and executive chef of North End Grill.
Sold Out
Tuesday, January 22
Members Only Programs
Behind the Scenes in Earth and Planetary Sciences: Making Planets
Go behind the scenes to explore how geologists use the mineralogy and chemical composition of rocks from planetary bodies, lunar bodies, and asteroids to understand planet formation.
Members Only
Through June 24, 2013
Special Exhibit
Picturing Science
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.
Through September 1, 2013
Space Show
Journey to the Stars Space Show
Travel 13 billion years into the past, when the first stars were born, in this Space Show narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.
Through September 29, 2013
Special Exhibit
Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large
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.
Free With Museum Admission
Jan. 3rd - Feb. 12, 2013
Alien Planets: Planetology meets Exoplanetology - Exploratory Course
In Alien Planets, you will create a realistic exoplanet while learning about planets in our solar system and exploring new discoveries about other planetary systems.
Registration Closed
Registration Closed
Jan. 3 - Feb. 12, 2013
Race and Medicine, Nature and Nurture - Exploratory Course
Students in this course will discuss the genetics of human diversity and how the illnesses affecting certain populations are a combination of nature (genetics, geography) and nurture (environment).
Registration Closed
Registration Closed
Through July 7, 2013
IMAX
Flight of the Butterflies
Flight of the Butterflies takes viewers on the epic 3,000-mile journey traveled every fall by half a billion Monarch butterflies!
Three Wednesdays, January 9, 16, and 23
Family and Childrens Programs
Food! (Grades 3, 4, and 5)
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.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, May 30
After Hours Programs
World Science Festival: How Whales Are Unlocking Arctic Secrets
Join a riveting discussion with explorers and scientists who are using daring new tactics to “recruit” these animals, featuring spectacular photographs, rare footage, and musical performances inspired by whale song.
Saturday, June 1
Family and Childrens Programs
Family Bird Walk
Families, join a Museum naturalist for a bird walk in Central Park. Young explorers and their parents will learn how to find and identify the many bird species and habitats found in our own “backyard.”
Tuesday, June 4
Members Only Programs
Behind the Scenes in Paleontology
Take part in this Members-only opportunity to visit the Museum’s Division of Paleontology with Senior Scientific Assistant Carl Mehling and Scientific Assistant Alana Gishlick.
Sold Out
Members Only
Events Open for Registration or Application
Saturday, June 22
Family and Childrens Programs
Night At The Museum Sleepovers
Break out your sleeping bags and experience the Museum as never before.
Registration Open
Registration Open through June 22, 2013
Friday, June 28
Family and Childrens Programs
Night At The Museum Sleepovers
Break out your sleeping bags and experience the Museum as never before.
Registration Open
Registration Open through June 28, 2013
July 1, 2013
Courses and Workshops
Seminars on Science - Summer Session II 2013 Course Offering Registration
Available online graduate courses for educators for this Summer Session II 2013 offering of Seminars on Science
Registration Open
Registration Open through June 17, 2013
Saturday, August 24
Members Only Programs
Journey to a Lost World - August
Pack your collecting bag, old sneakers, and lunch, and travel back in time for an expedition to Big Brook in Monmouth County, New Jersey with Museum paleoentomologist Paul Nascimbene or Senior Scientific Assistant (Paleontology) Carl Mehling.
Registration Open
Registration Open through August 24, 2013
Members Only
Saturday, July 27
Members Only Programs
Journey to a Lost World - July
Pack your collecting bag, old sneakers, and lunch, and travel back in time for an expedition to Big Brook in Monmouth County, New Jersey with Museum paleoentomologist Paul Nascimbene or Senior Scientific Assistant (Paleontology) Carl Mehling.
Registration Open
Registration Open through July 27, 2013
Members Only
