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
The Remaining Native Run
A community run to mark the NY premiere of Remaining Native, about a track star wrestling with the legacy of Indian boarding schools.
Saturday, May 3
5 pm
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