Events for March 9, 2013
Through May 31, 2014
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
October 6, 2012 - May 27, 2013
Special Exhibit
The Butterfly Conservatory
Mingle with up to 500 live, free-flying tropical butterflies.
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!
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
Friday, March 8
Family and Childrens Programs
Night At The Museum Sleepovers
Break out your sleeping bags and experience the Museum as never before.
Registration Closed
Registration Closed
March 9-10
Courses and Workshops
Brain Awareness Week Workshop: Neuroscience of Taste
Explore how the brains of fruit flies and humans interpret taste and how this affects behavior.
Free With Museum Admission
Saturday, March 9
Family and Childrens Programs
Family Astronomy
Join us in the Hayden Planetarium for an evening of star hopping, mythology, and stories of the sky.