Monthly Family Series
Live Bat Encounter
November 10, 2012
Learn about and see bats from around the world with Rob Mies. As a TV personality, bat expert, and biologist, Mies has appeared on many television shows including The Tonight Show and is the co-author of the book Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Bats.His research includes work with the endangered Indiana bat, the endangered Rodrigues fruit bat in the Indian Ocean, and the threatened spectacled flying fox bat in Australia.
More in this Series:
Identification Day
May 11, 2013
Bring your shells, rocks, insects, feathers, bones, and artifacts to the annual Identification Day.
Family Bird Walk
June 1, 2013
Families, join a Museum naturalist for a bird walk in Central Park. Young explorers and their parents will learn how to find and identify the many bird species and habitats found in our own “backyard.”