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.

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. 

Mingle with up to 500 live, free-flying tropical butterflies.

Enjoy Creatures of Light at night in this after-hours tour led by one of the Museum’s knowledgeable guides.

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.

A Night at the Museum, the American Museum of Natural History's wildly popular nocturnal adventure experience, has new and exciting updates this season. Explore our live-animal exhibitions with knowledgeable Museum explainers and challenge yourself with one of our fun Museum Quests. End your night by falling asleep in the darkened halls of one of the world's most famous museums.

Museum ornithologist Paul Sweet will lead a Member nature excursion to Oyster Bay.

Learn about Sean Solomon and his work as a principal investigator for the MESSENGER spacecraft, which successfully entered Mercury’s orbit in March 2011.

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.

Join us on Election Day to enrich your understanding of Museum resources and activities for teaching in the newly renovated Hall of North American Mammals and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall. Teachers will have the opportunity to interact with AMNH staff to strengthen their ability to teach topics that include species conservation and biological adaptation in these halls.

Join anthropologist Fatimah Jackson to discuss the fascinating story of co-evolution between plants and humans.

This five-part course examines how the brain, genes, and other factors such as  hormones influence how humans behave.

Get an exclusive peek at the dinosaur bones and ancient fossils behind the scenes in the Museum’s Division of Paleontology.

Change lives. Teach science. That is the call of action for the Museum’s new Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program, the first urban teacher residency program offered by a museum.

Learn about and see bats from around the world with bat expert Rob Mies.

K-5 educators, teachers will engage in pre-, during, and post-visit activities to learn how to prepare students for a Museum learning experience related to this hall.

Journey among the panoply of known extrasolar planets as you learn how astronomers are pushing the limits of technology to detect them.

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!).

The Member Preview is an exclusive opportunity for Members to view the latest special exhibition, Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture, before it opens to the public.

Sip wine with agronomist, vintner, and co-owner of Shinn Estate Vineyards Barbara Shinn as she discusses the fostering of organic and biodynamic-based winegrowing.

Enjoy exclusive morning access to Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture, on its first five days when the exhibition will open at 9:30 am for Members only.

A Night at the Museum, the American Museum of Natural History's wildly popular nocturnal adventure experience, has new and exciting updates this season. Explore our live-animal exhibitions with knowledgeable Museum explainers and challenge yourself with one of our fun Museum Quests. End your night by falling asleep in the darkened halls of one of the world's most famous museums.

Join a knowledgeable Museum tour guide for an insider’s introduction to all that the Museum has to offer. The tour meets in the Portrait Room on the second floor.

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

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

Learn about the fundamental concepts of conservation biology, the threats to biodiversity as well as conservation methods and tools.

Travel from Earth to the most distant objects in the universe, past exoplanets, nearby stars, and galaxies, to gain a cosmic understanding of where we are and how we came to be.

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.