Calendar

Family Programs Discovery Room The Discovery Room will be open extra morning hours for the winter holiday break from December 26 through December 31. Through January 1, 2020 Courses and Workshops Weekend Drop-In 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 Courses and Workshops Animal Drawing Join us for an intensive after-hours drawing course with illustrator and naturalist Patricia Wynne. Eight Thursdays, November 29, 2018–January 17, 2019 | Sold Out Planetarium Programs Hayden Special Event: Earthrise, Apollo 8 Join us on a voyage back to 1968 when humans orbited the Moon for the first time and an Apollo 8 crewmember captured Earth fl... Wednesday, December 19 Planetarium Programs Astronomy Live: Winter Solstice and the Year Ahead Celebrate the Solstice and get ready for the cosmic year ahead. Thursday, December 20, 2018 Festivals Kwanzaa 2018 Join us for the Museum’s annual Kwanzaa event, a celebration of African-American heritage rooted in seven principles known as... Saturday, December 29, 2018 Science Socials SciCafe: Teaming Up with Robots MIT roboticist Julie Shah describes her research on making robots collaborative partners in the workplace. Wednesday, January 2, 2019 Student Programs SciChat: The Power of Poop Gastroenterologist Ari Grinspan talks about how to keep a healthy gut, and how we can use the power of poop to cure disease! Saturday, January 5 Talks The Year in Review with Neil deGrasse Tyson Spend an evening with Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, as he reviews headlines... Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Member Programs Hall Tour: Birds of the World From the isolated regions of the high Alps to the grasslands and marshes of Argentina's pampas lowlands, see how birds around... Saturday, January 12, 2019 Student Programs Teen SciCafe: Programming for Pests Camera Ford researches ways to lessen crop destruction by pest populations in the Solomon Islands by building a computer model. Saturday, January 12 Courses and Workshops Into the Deep: An Immersive Oceans Course Take a deep dive into the science behind the Unseen Oceans exhibition during this five-week immersive course. Five Tuesdays, January 15 - February 12, 2019