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. 

Available online graduate courses for educators for this Summer Session II 2013 offering of Seminars on Science

Available online graduate courses for educators for this Summer Session I 2013 offering of Seminars on Science

Observe the vibrant spring migration of birds in Central Park with Museum ornithologists.

Observe the vibrant spring migration of birds in Central Park with Museum ornithologists. 

Observe the vibrant spring migration of birds in Central Park with Museum ornithologists.

Observe the vibrant spring migration of birds in Central Park with Museum ornithologists as your guide. 

In this new film, shown continuously in the GeoDome theater, Museum scientists John Sparks, David Gruber, and Vincent Pieribone take a journey to the remote South Pacific coral reefs of the Solomon Islands to explore newly discovered biofluorescent species of fishes and stingrays, along with biofluorescent corals, crinoids, anemones, and other glowing invertebrates.

Train to be a Museum forest ranger! In this hands-on workshop, you will explore Earth’s majestic forests, learn to identify tree species, understand the importance of forests to our planet’s health, and more.

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

When you snack on potato chips, or enjoy spicy Thai noodles, do you ever wonder where your food comes from? How it was grown? Explore these questions and more in workshops based on the Museum’s latest special exhibition, Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. 

When you snack on potato chips, or enjoy spicy Thai noodles, do you ever wonder where your food comes from? How it was grown? Explore these questions and more in workshops based on the Museum’s latest special exhibition, Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. 

The Museum's Twitter followers are invited to explore Whales after hours, meet curators and scientists, and enjoy a special selection of food and drink.

Learn more about neuroscience through hands-on experiments and innovative lab activities. 

Meet us in Yonkers at the only greenhouse floating on the Hudson River. Members will learn about renewable energy and sustainable food production with Science Barge staff.

Listen in on a conversation between Curators Emeriti Ian Tattersall and Stanley Freed as they discuss Stanley Freed's book, Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City.

In this informal, salon-style setting, participants will be able to probe the science, psychology, and social norms that shape the food choices we make—choices that have grown more complex that at any other time in our species' evolution.

Join ornithologist Paul Sweet on walks through Central Park during spring migration. Learn how to identify the varied bird species of New York City using field marks, behavior, and song. 

The successful August 5, 2012, landing of the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars represents an unprecedented achievement. John Grotzinger, the project scientist for the Curiosity mission, presents highlights. 

Visit the rarely seen research collections of amphibians and reptiles in the Department of Herpetology, which houses more than 350,000 specimens from nearly every country in the world.

Authors James Gould and Carol Gould discuss, and sign, their latest book, Nature’s Compass.

Launch your weekend with drinks and dancing at the most explosive party this side of the Milky Way. See and be seen under the stars as live bands, DJs, and VJs present the hottest music and project dynamic visuals at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Cocktails keep the party going.

See more details at One Step Beyond.

You must be 21 or older to attend this event, and present a valid I.D.*

Bring your shells, rocks, insects, feathers, bones, and artifacts to the annual Identification Day.

Japanese sake is getting more popular every year, but it remains an age-old wine with much mystery. Join writer and sake “samurai” Timothy Sullivan, as he reveals behind- the-scenes details about Japan’s famous Hakkaisan Sake Brewery.

Break out your sleeping bags and experience the Museum as never before. 

Paul Sweet, collections manager in the Department of Ornithology, leads this expedition to a bird-watching site in Sullivan County, New York.

Featuring live species, Frogs: A Chorus of Colors illuminates the diversity and evolution of frogs inhabiting the globe.

Join a guide for an insider’s introduction to all that the Museum has to offer, from world-famous habitat dioramas to the spectacular Hayden Planetarium and the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The Members-only tour meets in the Portrait Room on the second floor. 

Go inside a 45-foot, life-size replica of a humpback whale; explore hands-on activities; meet scientists, and more, in this family program.

Highly skilled teachers from OrigamiUSA lead a day of "Special Folding Fun Sessions."

Take a virtual trip to the Moon from the Hayden Planetarium.

In this program, Museum research scientist Jackie Faherty uses the power of the Dome’s Zeiss IX Projector and the Museum’s Digital Universe Atlas to simulatenumerousexcitingcelestialphenomenathat you should be able to see in your lifetime.

Join a riveting discussion with explorers and scientists who are using daring new tactics to “recruit” these animals, featuring spectacular photographs, rare footage, and musical performances inspired by whale song.