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. 

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.

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

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

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. 

This two-day course is designed to help middle and high school educators focus on what adults and students should know about the topic of biological evolution. Participants in this course will work with AMNH educators using museum exhibitions and resources to examine the cutting edge of evolutionary theory.

In these one-day workshops, middle and high school teachers will explore ways to use the revised Educator’s Guide for the Cullman Hall of the Universe. The hall presents exhibits for examining essential questions about Space Science.