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Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation
Hailed internationally as a soaring architectural achievement, and housing world-class scientific research facilities, next-generation classrooms, and innovative exhibitions, the Museum’s highly anticipated Gilder Center will open to the public on May 4, 2023.
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Coral: Rekindling Venus
Coral ecosystems come to life in this new immersive dome experience
May 31, 2012
Timing Is Everything
Researchers say a change in developmental timing was crucial in evolutionary shift from dinosaurs to birds
May 29, 2012
Virus-Tracking Software Goes Worldwide
A biomedical informatics researcher who tracks dangerous viruses as they spread around the globe has restructured his innovative...
May 22, 2012
Kathryn Davis Museum Gift
The American Museum of Natural History will celebrate 105-year-old philanthropist Kathryn W. Davis at a special ceremony and luncheon...
May 18, 2012
Were Dinosaurs in Decline Before Mass Extinction?
Research shows that massive herbivores were declining, carnivores and smaller plant-eaters were not
May 1, 2012
Ammonite Habitats
Ammonites Found Mini Oases At Ancient Methane Seeps; Findings Show That Mobile Shelled Mollusk Stayed Put If Conditions Were Right
April 13, 2012
John Burroughs 2012 Medal Awarded to Edward Hoagland
Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book Awarded to Sex and the River Styx
April 1, 2012
Microraptor's Plumage Could Offer Insight into Early Evolution of Feathers
Four-winged Dinosaur's Plumage Could Offer Insight into Early Evolution of Feathers
March 8, 2012
DNA Barcoding Of Parasitic Worms: Is It Kosher?
Museum scientists help Orthodox Union analyze nematodes in canned sardines, capelin eggs
February 14, 2012
Darwin Digitized Manuscripts Project
American Museum of Natural History presents digitized manuscripts of Charles Darwin
February 10, 2012
First Digital Universe Flight School
Kids fly to the stars during first Digital Universe Flight School at the American Museum of Natural History
February 1, 2012
Rare Jade Artifact Discovered
Researchers Discover Rare Jade Artifact in Southwest Pacific
January 26, 2012