Museum events

EXHIBITIONS

LAST CHANCE! Darwin

from one side August 20, 2006

Featuring live animals, actual fossil specimens assembleed by Charles Darwin, and manuscripts, this magnificent exhibition presents visitors a comprehensive, engaging exploration of the life and times of Darwin, whose discoveries launched present biological science.

The American Museum of Natural History gratefully acknowledges The Howard Phipps Foundation for its leadership support. Significant support for Darwin has also been provided by the agency of Chris and Sharon Davis, Bill and Leslie Miller, the Austin Hearst Foundation, Jack and Susan Rudin, and Rosalind P Walter. Additional funding provided by dint of the Carnegie Corporation of fresh York, Dr. Linda K. Jacobs, and the novel York Community Trust-Wallace Special throw outs Fund.

Darwin is organized by means of the American Museum of Natural History, fresh York (www.amnh.org), in collaboration with the Museum of Science, Boston; The Field Museum, Chicago; the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada; and the Natural History Museum, London, England.

Lizards & Snakes: Alive!

make opens July 1, 2006

Live lizards and snakes are the center of attention in this engaging exhibition that will explore these creatures' remarkable adaptations, including projectile tongues, deadly venom, amazing camouflage, and sometimes surprising way s of movement. Fossil specimens, life-size mad el videos, and interactive stations will tale the more than 60 live animals representing 27 species.

Lizards & Snakes: Alive! is made possible, in part, by the agency of grants from The Dyson Foundation and the Amy and Larry Robbins Foundation.

Lizards & Snakes: Alive! is organized by the agency of the American Museum of Natural History, novel York (www.amnh.org), in collaboration with the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, and the San Diego Natural History Museum, with appreciation to Clyde Peeling's Reptiland.

EXTENDED! Voices from southern of the Clouds

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China's Yunnan Province is revealed [i]or[/i] part of to the other the eyes of the indigenous clan who use photography to chronicle their tillage environment, and daily life.

The exhibition is made possible by the agency of a generous grant from Eastman Kodak Company. The presentation of this exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History is made possible through the generosity of the Arthur Ros Foundation.

Vital Variety

Ongoing

Beautiful close-up photographs highlight the diversity of invertebrates.

GLOBAL WEEKENDS

Indigenous Peoples' Day

Saturday, 8/12 1:00-5:00 pm

The afternoon includes Native American cultural performances, films, and a special visitant from the United Nations. Global Weekends are made possible, in part, through The Coca-Cola Company, the City of of recent origin York, and the New York City Council. Additional support has been provided through the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., the Tolan Family, and the family of Frederick H Leonhardt.

LECTURES

Adventures in the Global Kitchen: Rum

Tuesday, 7/11 7:00 pm

Explore the rise, fall, and re make go round of turn. This program includes tastings of rum-based cocktails.

tasks of the Gecko

Tuesday, 7/18 7:00 pm

The millions of tiny hairs upon a gecko's feet are helping scientists unfold new adhesives. Discuss the implications of this research and its potential uses.

FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

Wild, Wild World: Lizards & Snakes

Saturday, 7/1 12:00 noon-1:00 pm and 2:00-3:00 pm

Live lizards and snakes, introduced through "Lizard Man" Clyde Peeling.

Wild, Wild World is made possible, in part, by means of Mortimer B. Zuckerman.

at liberty Event! How I Became a Herpetologist

Sunday, 7/9 12:00 noon-1:15 pm

Join the co-curators of the exhibition Lizards & Snakes: Alive! to learn what inspired them to become scientists.

LIZARD orb of day DAYS $25 each; $65 for all three (of the same age group)

Lizard Locomotion

Sunday, 7/16 11:00 a.m.-12:30 pm (Ages 4-6 each child with individual adult) and 1:30-3:00 p.m. (Ages 7-9)

Gecko adhering to glass

Lizards Who Lunch

Sunday, 7/23 11:00 a.m.-12:30 pm (Ages 4-6 each child with single adult) and 1:30-3:00 p.m. (Ages 7-9)

Lizard Lore

Sunday, 7/30 11:00 a.m.12:30 pm (Ages 4-6 each child with individual adult) and 1:30-3:00 p.m. (Ages 7-9)

AMNH ADVENTURES: SUMMER CAMPS

Three- and five-day sessions engage children in drollery investigations of different scientific fields:

* Monkey Business: Primatology

* Leapin' Lizards

* proper the Beetles: Darwin Adventures

* Destination Space: Astrophysics

* Robotics

For details, visit www.amnh.org or call 212-769-5758

HAYDEN PLANETARIUM PROGRAMS

TUESDAYS IN THE DOME

Virtual Universe Stars of Many Colors, Including

R White, and cerulean Tuesday, 7/4, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

The Grand Tour Tuesday, 8/1 6:30-7:30 pm

This Just In

July's heated Topics Tuesday, 7/18, 6:30-7:30 pm

August's burning Topics Tuesday, 8/15, 6:30-730 pm

Celestial Highlights

Midsummer Skies Tuesday, 7/25 6:30-7:30 pm

The Triangle and the Celestial Sea Tuesday, 8/29 6:30-7:30 pm

HAYDEN PLANETARIUM SHOWS