Calendar
April 2025
Corporate Dinner
Join us for the 2025 Corporate Dinner, honoring Daniel Simkowitz, Co-President, Morgan Stanley.
Monday, April 28, 2025
6:30–9 pm
The Spring Lunch
Take part in an annual celebration of the Museum’s leadership in environmental research, conservation, and education.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Noon–2 pm
May 2025
Mead Film Festival: Friday
The festival weekend will begin with Seeds, a portrait of Black farmers in Georgia fighting for their land's future.
Friday, May 2, 2025
7 pm
Mead Film Festival: Saturday
The second day of the Margaret Mead Film Festival.
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Emerging Visual Anthropologist Showcase
The Margaret Mead Film Festival presents exciting new ethnographic documentaries from emerging visual anthropologists.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
11 am–1:30 pm
Mead Film Festival: Sunday
The last day of the 2025 Margaret Mead Film Festival.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Humans and Nature in the Arctic: Indigenous Perspectives
Join Vera Solovyeva and Maidi Eira Andersson as they share Indigenous perspectives on kinship with nature.
Sunday, May 4
6 pm
Member Evening Hours
Off-hours access for Members and their guests.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 and June 24, 2025
6–8 pm
SciCafe: Sea Slugs, Pirates of the Ocean
Discover how sea slugs steal toxins to survive, rewriting the rules of survival in their underwater world.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
7 pm
Educators’ Evening: Spitzer Hall of Human Origins
Join us for an in-person special evening for educators celebrating our recently updated Hall of Human Origins.
Friday, May 9, 2025
4-7 pm
Expedition AI: Demystify Artificial Intelligence
AI seems to be everywhere. But what is it, and how can we make sense of this rapidly evolving technology?
Saturday, May 10, 2025
2-4 pm
Data in the Age of AI: In Conversation with Sean Decatur and Alondra Nelson
Museum President Sean Decatur and Alondra Nelson will discuss the ethics of AI in a fast-changing world.
Monday, May 12, 2025
7 pm
OrigamiUSA: May Special Folding Fun Session
OrigamiUSA offers morning and afternoon origami-making sessions at the Museum.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Frontiers Lecture: Low-Mass Galaxies
Join us to explore how two satellite galaxies are reshaping the Milky Way, and leaving lasting cosmic imprints.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
7 pm
June 2025
SciCafe: Living With Wildfires
Join us for a deep dive into the evolving relationship among humans, wildfires, and climate change.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
7 pm
Frontiers Lecture: Lunar Volcanoes
In 2025, Artemis II aims to return astronauts to the Moon, offering new discoveries about lunar geology.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
7 pm