Calendar

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 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 | Sold Out 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 Walks, Tours, and Drop Ins Swimming with Giants in 360 Virtually dive into and explore the world underwater and sample some of the wonders that await in the Unseen Oceans exhibition. Friday, March 1–Sunday, August 18, 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 Student Programs Teen SciCafe: The Raw Truth about Cooking Rachel Carmody explains how processing increases the calories we extract from food. Thursday, March 7, 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 T. rex: The Ultimate Predator Member Preview Days You’re invited to see the new special exhibition T. rex: The Ultimate Predator during Member Preview Days March 8–10! Saturday, March 8-Sunday, March 10 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