Special Exhibit
The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter
Through May 27, 2013

Special Exhibit
Through May 27, 2013
Through June 24, 2013
Special Exhibit
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
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
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
January 25, 2013 - April 19, 2013
Student Programs
Courses for NYC high school students interested in the sciences offered late February through mid-April 2013.
Registration Closed
Registration Closed
January 28, 2013 - March 10, 2013
Courses and Workshops
Available online graduate courses for educators for this Spring Session I 2013 offering of Seminars on Science
Registration Closed
Registration Closed
Friday, February 22
Family and Childrens Programs
Break out your sleeping bags and experience the Museum as never before.
Sold Out
Saturday, February 23
Family and Childrens Programs
Join Museum exhibition specialist Tom Doncourt for a behind-the-scenes look at habitat dioramas.
Saturday, February 23
Cultural Programs
The Museum honors African-American History Month with a tribute to storytellers and griots who give rich voice to the African-American experience! From noon to 6 pm, the program features Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of multi-platinum hip-hop group Run-DMC, who returns to the Museum with Oscar-nominated youth ensemble IMPACT Repertory Theatre, special guest NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis, and other storytellers, poets, choreographers, and more.