Climate Week

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Explore a slate of programs at the Museum in conjunction with Climate Week NYC.

Dioramas: Exploring Climate Change

Visitors view the North American Forests diorama, which has a temporary overlay on the glass front of a graphic indicating wildfire occurrences.
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Friday, September 19–Monday, September 29, 2025

Eight Museum dioramas are being transformed for Climate Week NYC to highlight the effects of climate change and human activity on our planet’s ecosystems and biodiversity. Visitors can view familiar scenes through a lens of climate challenges and explore stories of climate resilience in large-scale graphics and interactive media.

Climate Learning Lab

The Museum’s new investigation-driven learning lab, designed for ages 8 and up, launches September 20 during ClimateFest. Drop in on select weekends from 12–5 pm.

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Teacher stands at a lab table and demonstrates a climate effect using a heating element attached to a stand. Alvaro Keding/© AMNH

Events at the Museum

Climate Week Saturday, September 20, 2025 ClimateFest Climate Week Thursday, September 25, 2025 AMNH Climate Assembly Climate Week Thursday, September 25, 2025 Climate Resilience in Action Climate Week Monday, September 22, 2025 The Art and Science of Storytelling for Climate Progress

Climate Education in Action

A city street in China is flooded - water cascades over the paved urban road, with tall buildings in the background.
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Friday, September 26, 5-6:30 pm

Join a Climate Week NYC event for educators, policymakers, and thought leaders about increasing climate literacy and integrating climate education in the classroom.

Organized by the Museum with SubjectToClimate, Climate & Resilience Education Taskforce (CRETF), National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), Climate Mental Health Network (CMHN), and Yale Program of Climate Change Communication (YPCCC), the event includes welcome remarks from Museum President Sean Decatur, a keynote presentation by climate scientist and communicator Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, and a series of short talks led by New York City educators who have successfully brought climate change education into their classes. Register for the livestream.

More About Climate

Video Why Bumble Bees Are the Fuzzy Heroes We Need Bumble bees—vital and fuzzy pollinators—face unique threats amidst global insect declines. Game Take the Climate Quiz This feature is an excerpt of the online version of the Climate Wall in the David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth  Reading In Pictures: Climate Change Burning fossil fuels like coal and oil provide the energy that we need … but also contribute to climate change. Game What Do You Know About Climate Change? Think you're an expert on our changing climate? Test your knowledge with this interactive quiz. Video Revealing Climate Through Corals What can corals reveal about how our oceans have changed over time? 

AMNH Climate Week is supported by Wellcome, bringing health to the heart of Climate Week NYC.

A portion of this program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.