Bat Walks

• Friday, July 18
• 8:30 PM
• Meet on the museum steps, Central Park West and 79th Street
• $20
• Rain date July 19. Enrollment limited. You must register at least one week in advance. Not appropriate for children under 5 years.
• Code: EW071808
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Join Danielle Gustafson, Brad Klein, and other members of the New York Bat Group for a bat walk through Central Park. At dusk, bats leave the warm spaces under city roofs to feed on flying insects in the park. Aided by a bat detector that amplifies their otherwise inaudible high-frequency chirps, bat watchers are monitoring and cataloging the species that call New York City their home.

Bat Walks

• Friday, July 25
• 8:30 PM
• Meet on the museum steps, Central Park West and 79th Street
• $20
• Rain date July 26. Enrollment limited. You must register at least one week in advance. Not appropriate for children under 5 years.
• Code: EW072508
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Join Danielle Gustafson, Brad Klein, and other members of the New York Bat Group for a bat walk through Central Park. At dusk, bats leave the warm spaces under city roofs to feed on flying insects in the park. Aided by a bat detector that amplifies their otherwise inaudible high-frequency chirps, bat watchers are monitoring and cataloging the species that call New York City their home.

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Robotics Camp

• Monday-Friday, July 7-11
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 6 or 7
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Interested in a robotic expedition to Mars? Design, build, and program your own robot to explore an unknown planet! Using Lego Mindstorms robotic kits and computers, participants learn principles of robotics, computer programming, and teamwork during this exciting week.

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Water Camp

• Monday-Friday, July 7-11
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 2 or 3
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Dive into the science of this amazing substance. Drawing on themes from past and current exhibitions, kids will learn about the ways water supports the variety of life on Earth, water ecology and conservation, and its significant role in many cultures.

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Astrophysics Camp

• Monday–Friday, July 14-18
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 2 or 3
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live, work, and travel in space? Could life exist on other planets? What are black holes and do they really exist? Join others who share your interest in space science and learn about the universe through hands-on activities and Museum explorations.

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Fossils and DNA Camp

• Monday–Friday, July 14-18
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 2 or 3
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Who are we and where do we come from? Embark on an exciting journey through human evolution and learn about our ancestors, from early primates to the first hominids. Explore the brand new Spitzer Hall of Human Origins while learning how to use fossil evidence and DNA—and have fun doing it!

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Leapin' Lizards

• One session only!
  Monday–Friday, July 21-25
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 2 or 3
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Embark on an expedition to learn everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about lizards. These amazing and diverse creatures will charm and surprise, while kids catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the exhibition Lizards & Snakes. Visit Central Park and other local habitats to learn about lizard movement, feeding, and mythology.

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Meet the Beetles

• One session only!
  Monday–Friday, July 21-25
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 4 or 5
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Break out your magnifying glasses and get ready to observe the natural world and its amazing creatures! From the beetles, birds, and giant tortoises Charles Darwin made famous to the local array of bugs and plants in Central Park, children will enjoy discovering and learning about science and nature during this fun-filled week.

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Astrophysics Camp

• Monday–Friday, July 28-August 1
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 4 or 5
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live, work, and travel in space? Could life exist on other planets? What are black holes and do they really exist? Join others who share your interest in space science and learn about the universe through hands-on activities and Museum explorations.

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Fossils and DNA Camp

• Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 4 or 5
• Add this event to my Calendar:

Who are we and where do we come from? Embark on an exciting journey through human evolution and learn about our ancestors, from early primates to the first hominids. Explore the brand new Spitzer Hall of Human Origins while learning how to use fossil evidence and DNA�and have fun doing it!

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Water Camp

• Monday-Friday, July 7-11
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 2 or 3
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Dive into the science of this amazing substance. Drawing on themes from past and current exhibitions, kids will learn about the ways water supports the variety of life on Earth, water ecology and conservation, and its significant role in many cultures.

© AMNH

Astrophysics Camp

• Monday–Friday, July 14-18
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 2 or 3
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live, work, and travel in space? Could life exist on other planets? What are black holes and do they really exist? Join others who share your interest in space science and learn about the universe through hands-on activities and Museum explorations.

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Leapin' Lizards

• One session only!
  Monday–Friday, July 21-25
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 2 or 3
• Add this event to my Calendar:

Embark on an expedition to learn everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about lizards. These amazing and diverse creatures will charm and surprise, while kids catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the exhibition Lizards & Snakes. Visit Central Park and other local habitats to learn about lizard movement, feeding, and mythology.

© AMNH

Meet the Beetles

• One session only!
  Monday–Friday, July 21-25
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 4 or 5
• Add this event to my Calendar:

Break out your magnifying glasses and get ready to observe the natural world and its amazing creatures! From the beetles, birds, and giant tortoises Charles Darwin made famous to the local array of bugs and plants in Central Park, children will enjoy discovering and learning about science and nature during this fun-filled week.

© AMNH

Astrophysics Camp

• Monday–Friday, July 28-August 1
  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• AMNH
• $450 SOLD OUT
• For children entering grades 4 or 5
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live, work, and travel in space? Could life exist on other planets? What are black holes and do they really exist? Join others who share your interest in space science and learn about the universe through hands-on activities and Museum explorations.

Searching Out Deep Space Wonders of the Galactic Plane

• Tuesday, July 29
• 6:30 p.m.
• Hayden Planetarium
  Space Theater
• $15 ($13.50 Members, students, senior citizens)
• These programs are supported, in part, by the Sant’Angelo/Koval Family, Val and Min-Myn Schaffner.
• Code: HMCEL
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On the last Tuesday of each month, enjoy a live presentation under the brilliant stars of the Zeiss Mark IX Star Projector. This tour of the heavens offers a view of the constantly changing night sky. Learn about the current positions of the Moon, planets, and stars, as well as visual spectacles such as meteor showers, eclipses, and conjunctions.

Mint Julep: The Official Drink of the Kentucky Derby

• Tuesday, July 22
• 6:30 PM
• Linder Theater, first floor
• $20
• We'd like to thank Maker's Mark & Pernod-Ricard for supporting this event.
• Code: EL072208
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Taste a bit of history as master mixologist Chris McMillian, former beverage director of the Library Lounge in New Orleans, shares his famous mint julep recipe with David Wondrich, contributing editor, Esquire magazine. These recognized authorities on drink lore and the American cocktail unveil the fascinating history of the mint julep, official drink of the Kentucky Derby, while mixing up McMillian's famed recipe.

Sea Monsters  

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, a stunning large-format film, opened on Saturday, May 24, 2008. Narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Liev Schreiber, the 40-minute film explores the largely unknown world of the "other" dinosaurs, reptiles that lived beneath the water 80 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, when places such as Kansas were at the bottom of a great inland sea that divided North America in two. During this period of warmer climate much of the world was submerged and cold-blooded seagoing reptiles flourished. When these giant creatures died and the seas receded, their fossils were found on what is now dry land.

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure follows an animated family of Dolichorhynchops (a sea creature approximately the size of a dolphin with a long snout), informally known as "Dollies," as they travel these ancient waters. During their journey the Dollies encounter many other astonishing sea creatures including Platecarpus, a lizard-like reptile that swallows its prey whole like snakes; Styxosaurus, with a 20-foot-long neck and paddle-like fins as large as an adult human; and the gigantic, top-of-the-food-chain Tylosaurus.

The film also visits paleontological digs around the world and shows how and what scientists know about these creatures. For example, shark teeth found throughout the central United States prove that sharks thrived during the Age of the Dinosaurs, while the shapes of their jaws and teeth provide clues about their diets. Occasionally paleontologists are lucky enough to discover bones of one species inside the remains of the other, such as a fossilized Xiphactinus, a 17-foot-long predatory fish found with an entire 6-foot fish inside, swallowed whole.

Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure was produced by National Geographic Cinema Ventures.

Screenings of Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure will be held daily in the LeFrak Theater every hour on the half hour from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Dinosaurs Alive  

Dinosaurs Alive! a stunning large-format film, had its New York premiere engagement at the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, May 19, 2007. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Michael Douglas, the film follows current American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) paleontologists as they hunt for dinosaur remains in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico and uncover evidence that the descendents of dinosaurs still walk (or fly) among us. This 40-minute film shot, in part, at the Museum features the earliest dinosaurs of the Triassic Period and the creatures of the Cretaceous Period brought to life through the magic of realistic computer-generated animation.

Dinosaurs Alive! shows AMNH paleontologists Mike Novacek and Mark Norell and an inspired team of dedicated young graduate students on an expedition to the Gobi Desert. Following in the footsteps of AMNH scientist and adventurer Roy Chapman Andrews, Novacek and Norell have been making annual treks to the Gobi every summer for the past 17 years. The film also features rare and beautifully preserved footage of Andrews-believed to be the inspiration for the Indiana Jones character-on one of his five expeditions there in the 1920s. Andrews and his team uncovered hundreds of dinosaur remains, including the first Velociraptor and dinosaur nests with eggs.

Screenings of Dinosaurs Alive will be held daily in the LeFrak Theater every hour on the half hour from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

An illustration of the solar wind interacting with Earth's magnetic field.

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Cosmic Collisions  

• 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. every half hour, except Wednesdays
• Wednesday shows begin at 11:00 a.m.
• On March 25 and 26 and April 1 and 2 there will be an additional showing at 5:00 p.m.
• Visit the Cosmic Collisions Web site for more information and to view the trailer.

A spectacular immersive theater experience, Cosmic Collisions launches visitors on a thrilling trip through space and time—well beyond the calm face of the night sky—to explore cosmic collisions, hypersonic impacts that drive the dynamic and continuing evolution of the universe. Groundbreaking scientific simulations and visualizations based on cutting-edge research developed by Museum astrophysicists, scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and other international colleagues—many seen for the first time—depict the dramatic and explosive encounters that shaped our solar system, changed the course of life on Earth, and continue to transform our galaxy. The new show explores the full range of space collisions, past, present, and future.

Cosmic Collisions is narrated by award-winning actor, director, and producer Robert Redford.

The Zeiss mark IX star projector inside the Hayden Planetarium.

© D. Finnin/AMNH

New! Field Trip to the Moon  

• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
• Hayden Planetarium Space Theater

On this trip to the Moon in the immersive Hayden Planetarium, you'll feel the ground shake as your rocket launches, see a sunrise in space, and orbit and land on the Moon. Guided by a live presenter, you'll admire the view from where humans last walked on the Moon, and see what awaits us on future missions.

For more information click here.

Heaven: Temple of Eyes "Honestly"
This soaring image was created by artist Alex Grey to accompany Zwan's "Honestly" and adapted from his painting Collective Vision.

© D. Finnin/AMNH

SonicVision  

• SonicVision is Presented every Friday and Saturday evening, at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.
• Buy one, get one free admission to SonicVision beginning January 21, 2005. Print out the coupon.

The American Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with MTV2, has launched SonicVision, a groundbreaking digitally animated alternative music show.

SonicVision takes audiences in the Hayden Planetarium Space Theater on a mind-warping musical roller-coaster ride through fantastical dreamspace. With a mix by Moby and featuring tracks from Radiohead, U2, David Bowie, Coldplay, Queens of the Stone Age, Prodigy, The Flaming Lips, Fischerspooner, Spiritualized, Audioslave, Stereolab, Boards of Canada, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Goldfrapp, Zwan, White Zombie, and Moby, the music ignites this one-of-a-kind computer-generated musical and visual experience, which uses next-generation digital technology to illuminate the Planetarium's dome with a dazzling morphing of colorful visions. SonicVision is presented every Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m., in the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum's Rose Center for Earth and Space.