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Margaret Mead Traveling Festival
To The Light with Yuanchen Liu
Yuanchen Liu, winner of the 2011 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award and director of To the Light, speaks about the film after a special screening.
Thursday, May 17
One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond with Spank Rock
Launch your weekend with drinks and dancing at the most explosive party this side of the Milky Way.
Friday, May 18
Discovery Room
Discovery Room Anniversary Event
Celebrate 10 years of hands-on exploration into nature, science, and culture.
Saturday, May 19Museum Tours
Discovery Night
Take part in self-guided tours and enjoy special exhibitions during this evening especially for Members.
Thursday, May 24
Mystery at the Museum: An Accomplice Adventure
Experience the Museum in a whole new way in this part-game, part-theater adventure.
Saturday, May 26 - Sunday, May 27
Astronomy Live
Around the World in 60 Minutes
Join Joe Rao and astrophysics educator Christina Pease to view the sky as it appears in different parts of the world.
Tuesday, May 29
Reefs As Never Seen Before: A Premiere
The World Science Festival comes to the Museum for a special evening featuring the premiere of Coral: Rekindling Venus, cocktails, and a viewing of Creatures of Light.
Thursday, May 31
Geology and History of Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters
Geologist Sidney Horenstein leads this slide-illustrated lecture describing the topographic and geologic features of Ft. Tryon Park and Cloisters.
Thursday, May 31Members-Only Excursions
Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters Walking Tour
Take in the vistas of Ft. Tryon Park with the help of geologist Sidney Horenstein.
Saturday, June 02
Members-Only Excursions
Birding in the Catskills
Explore birding hotspots in the Catskills with ornithologist Paul Sweet.
Saturday, June 02
Transit of Venus
Join us for a live simulcast of the transit of Venus from the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii.
Tuesday, June 05
SciCafe
Forgetting Fear
Join neuroscientist Daniela Schiller to learn about the possibility of changing fear memories.
Wednesday, June 06
Tracking Cholera With Twitter
When an epidemic hits, early detection of the disease’s spread is crucial for halting disaster. The Museum’s [...]
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Museum Ph.D. Student Confirms New Lizard Species in the Congo
Museum graduate student Edward Stanley recently used high-resolution x-ray images of tiny “arm [...]
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Special Screening of Mead Festival Winner's Film ''To the Light''
In rural coal mining communities in China, miners face daily perils for slim rewards in a profession [...]
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It's a plane . . . It's a planet. It's a constellation!
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Whose fault is it? Geologists track the tectonic forces behind the dramatic landscape of North America's Basin and Range Province.
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