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.

Creatures of Light introduces visitors to the astonishing variety of bioluminescent organisms on Earth.

Follow Sir David Attenborough as he sets out to uncover the truth about the enigmatic pterosaurs—a group of reptiles that ruled the skies about 220 million years ago and, after insects, were the first animals to fly. Attenborough works with scientists and engineers to try and understand how and why pterosaurs flew, traveling to Big Bend National Park in Texas, Lyme Regis in the United Kingdom, and China’s remote Liaoning Province to get answers. The audience will be immersed in the awe-inspiring world of the pterosaur and experience the enormous challenges these creatures faced to survive, let alone flourish, in prehistoric skies. 

Flying Monsters is a National Geographic film.

Spiders Alive! immerses visitors in the fascinating and complex world of spiders, among the most versatile animals on the planet.

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. 

Learn how to represent and identify major structural landmarks and muscle groups of the legendary "terrible lizards" while creating their own miniature Dinosaur to take home at the end of the course.

This class will take you on a grand tour of the solar system, from Mercury and the moons of Saturn, to asteroids and comets.

Learn how scientists use both physical and molecular characteristics of plants and animals to classify and name species, as well as determine how different species are related to one another.

Six-week course will be dedicated to exploring gender, race, and the individual through various visual media such as film, photography, and the internet.

Learn about the chemistry, physics, and biology of bioluminescence.  We will discuss the many ways animals use light (hunting, communication, protection) and we will learn how scientists use bioluminescent protein in their research.

Learn the ways that the genetic makeup of a population can change over time, and how new species are formed.

Learn about both aspects of cosmology – see how different cultures represent their cosmologies through exhibits from around the Museum, and learn about how scientists study the Universe and what we have learned (and what we don't know!).

Learn about the cutting-edge field of neuroscience through hands-on experiments and innovative lab activities.

Join us at the 36th annual Margaret Mead Film Festival for documentary filmmaking, animation, and archival work that illuminate the complexity and diversity of peoples and cultures around the world.

In this 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.

Enjoy a special evening of family activities and entertainment in the Museum’s Fossil Halls and visit the special exhibition Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence before it closes.

This introduction to the night sky was developed for budding astronomers. Classroom activities and observations in the Hayden Planetarium reveal the stars above and the ancient stories that have followed them through the ages.

Join Museum curators Peter Whiteley and Ward Wheeler to learn how advanced computational techniques, typically used in genetic analyses, are being repurposed to help understand anthropology, language shifts and key patterns in human social evolution.

Come explore food vessels, utensils, farm tools, and harvest celebration costumes from cultures around the globe with Museum anthropologists. 

U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass and noted biologist E. O. Wilson will come together for a rich discussion of nature in poetry and poetry in nature, exploring the intersection of art and science and the surprising ways each inspires the other.