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Family Programs
Discovery Room
The Discovery Room will be open extra morning hours for the February school break from February 18–22.
Through January 1, 2020
Courses and Workshops
Weekend Drop-In Sessions in the Sackler Educational Lab
Join us in the Sackler Educational Laboratory to meet scientists and discover cutting-edge research in human evolution.
Saturdays and Sundays
Festivals
Milstein Science Series: The Layers of the Ocean
Explore the marine life and various habits of the oceans' layers at this family-friendly festival.
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Talks
A Natural History of Beer
Take part in tastings and join this tour of the science and history of this popular beverage with Museum Curator Emeritus Ian Tattersall...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Lectures and Talks
James Arthur Lecture: Evolution of the Human Brain
Join Museum curator Rob DeSalle for a lecture on how much of our genome controls or impacts the brain.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Member Programs
Animal Encounter: Reptiles
Join us for an exclusive animal encounter with Museum scientists Lauren Vonnahme and Arianna Kuhn from the Department of Herpetology....
Saturday, February 23, 2019
After-Hours Programs
A Night at the Museum Sleepover: 2/23/2019
Sleep beneath the blue whale and explore the Museum after hours.
Saturday, February 23–Sunday February 24
Planetarium Programs
Astronomy Live: Exoplanets and the Search for Water in the Universe
Jackie Faherty, Mark Popinchalk, and Steve Beyer embark on a journey in search of water in our solar system and beyond.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Science Socials
SciCafe: The Raw Truth About Cooking
Join Rachel Carmody as she explains how processing increases the calories we extract from food.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Courses and Workshops
Animal Drawing
Join us for an intensive after-hours drawing course with illustrator and naturalist Patricia Wynne.
Eight Thursdays, March 7–April 25, 2019 | Sold Out
Member Programs
Hall Tour: David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth
Join a Museum tour guide on an exploration around the globe and back in time in our newly renovated Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth....
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Planetarium Programs
Frontiers Lecture: Amy Mainzer, Asteroid Hunter
Learn about the asteroid-hunting NEOWISE Project, which has taken millions of images of more than 150,000 solar system objects.
Monday, March 11, 2019