Step into the state-of-the-art Sackler Educational Laboratory with your students and begin investigating in-depth life sciences for middle and high school focusing on such topics as the Human Brain,Evolution and Environment, DNA Isolation and Biotechnology all linked to the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins. 

Space is limited to 30 students for all labs. 8th grade labs (Lab A and Lab B) consist of a 45 minute lab activity and a 45 minute Teacher Volunteer led tour in the Hall of Human Origins. 8th grade labs are designed to support the NYC Scope and Sequence for Science. High school labs (Lab C, Lab D, Lab E, Lab F) are designed to support the Living Environment Regents Standards. For High School groups of more than 30 students, we recommend reserving two 90 minute lab sessions.

Please book your field trip at least 5 weeks in advance. All school groups registered for a lab will receive the Hall of Human Origins Educator's Guide in their confirmation packet. Sackler Lab flyer about available labs for class trips:

To learn more about public programming in the Lab on weekends, click here.

Location: 1st Floor - Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.

Available Days and Times:

Monday - Friday

Morning Lab: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Afternoon Lab: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

CREDITS

The Museum greatly acknowledges The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. for its support to establish The Sackler Brain Bench, part of the Museum's Sackler Educational Laboratory, in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, offering ongoing programs and resources for adults, teachers, and students to illuminate the extraordinary working of the human brain.

Student classes in the Sackler Educational Laboratory, offered through the Museum’s Gottesman Center for Science Teaching & Learning, are made possible by a generous grant from The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. and The Hall of Human Origins’ lead benefactors Anne and Bernard Spitzer.