From June 14 to June 22, the Museum is an early voting site for certain electoral districts in Manhattan. Find your early voting site at the NYC Board of Elections.
Our research is grounded in collections of minerals and gems, rocks of all kinds, telescopic observations and the results of theoretical modeling. We make use of cutting-edge instruments to study Earth materials and extraterrestrial rocks at the finest scales, and to study light from distant sources at the largest possible scale, the observable universe.