Events for January 25, 2013
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. 4 - Feb. 8, 2013
After Hours Programs
Anthropology of Food - Exploratory Course
Explore how food, nutrition, taste and culture intersect as we examine the interdisciplinary field of the anthropology of food.
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!
Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26
Cultural Programs
Festival Luna
In anticipation of the upcoming Lunar New Year, this festival invites visitors to explore and experience traditions old and new that celebrate the Moon. Enjoy a meditative reflection on the dawa (moon) with a Lama from Tibet;
learn a Grandmother Moon song from singer-songwriter Bear Fox and the Akwesasne Women Singers of the Mohawk Nation; create your own Dong Ho Vietnamese folk painting, and much more.
January 25, 2013 - April 19, 2013
Student Programs
After-School Program
Courses for NYC high school students interested in the sciences offered late February through mid-April 2013.
Registration Closed
Registration Closed
