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General Information MUSEUM SHOPS The following Museum Shops are open during HOURS # regular Museum hours: Museum: Daily, 10 am–5:45 pm Main Shop (first and second floors) / The Museum is closed Thanksgiving and Dinostore (fourth floor) Christmas. Extreme Mammals Shop (fourth floor) JOURNEY Space Show: Every half hour, 10:30 am–4:30 pm Frogs Shop (first floor) Research Library: Tuesday–Thursday, 2–5:30 pm Planetarium Shop (Rose Center, lower level) Hours are subject to change. TO THE STARS Cosmic Shop (Rose Center, second floor) ENTRANCES Online Shop (www.amnhshop.com) An All-New Space Show During Museum hours, visitors may enter through PHONE NUMBERS the subway (lower level), Central Park West at 79th Opening July 4, 2009 Museum Information 212-769-5100 Street (second floor), and the Rose Center/81st Membership Office 212-769-5606 Street entrances. The Columbus Avenue entrance Central Reservations 212-769-5200 is open on weekends and holidays. The 77th Street Journey to the Stars, AMNH Expeditions 212-769-5700 entrance is closed until further notice. Communications 212-769-5800 the spectacular new Space Show, TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING Development 212-769-5151 Subway: B (weekdays) or C to 81st Street; Education 212-769-5304 launches visitors through 1 to 79th Street Event & Conference Services 212-769-5350 time and space to experience Bus: ,M10,, or to 79th Street; Library Services 212-769-5400 M79 to Central Park West Member Birthday Parties 212-769-5606 the life and death of the stars Parking Garage: Open daily, 8 am–11 pm; enter Museum Shop 800-671-7035 from West 81st Street. Members receive a Natural History Magazine 646-356-6500 in our night sky—from the discounted rate of $10 if entering after 4 pm. To Patrons Circle 212-769-5153 birth of the first stars to receive this rate, you must show your Membership Planetarium Information 212-769-5900 Card or event ticket when exiting the garage. Planned Giving Office 212-769-5119 the future transformation For more information, call 212-313-7275. 212-769-5566 Volunteer Office of our Sun. FOOD SERVICE Website www.amnh.org Museum Food Court: Daily, 11 am–4:45 pm Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. (lower level) Café on 1: Daily, 11 am–4:45 pm (first floor) Starlight Café: Saturday and Sunday, # 11 am–4:45 pm (first floor) Café on 4: Saturday and Sunday, 11 am–4:45 pm (fourth floor) Hours are subject to change. /

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CURRENTLY ON VIEW The presentation of both Saturn and On Feathered Sciences, San Francisco; GOTO INC, Tokyo, Japan; Wings at the American Museum of Natural History Papalote • Museo del Niño, Mexico City, Mexico and Extreme Mammals: The Biggest, is made possible by the generosity of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Smallest, and Most Amazing Arthur Ross Foundation. Washington, D.C. Mammals of All Time Journey to the Stars was created by the American SLEEPOVER PROGRAM Museum of Natural History, with the major support Through January 3, 2010 and partnership of NASA, Science Mission Directorate, Gallery 4 A Night at the Museum Heliophysics Division. Free for Members Call 212-769-5200, Monday–Friday, Made possible through the generous sponsorship of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Explore the surprising and sometimes 9 am–5 pm journey that will make this party And proudly sponsored by Accenture. bizarre world of extinct and living $119 per person for Members one to cherish! Super-computing resources provided by The Texas mammals. This exhibition examines After-hours at the Museum: as the Advance Computing Center (TACC) at the University For ages 4 and up. Available every of Texas at Austin. the ancestry and evolution of an doors close and the lights dim, day to Contributor and higher-level astonishing range of mammal adventurers head out on flashlight Museum Members only. species, showcasing such “extreme” tours before bedding down IMAX MOVIES For details and to request a date, adaptations as oversized claws and surrounded by Museum icons. Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Theater visit www.partymakers.com or call fangs, jaw-dropping speed, and For films and showtimes, visit 212-288-7112. massive–or miniscule–body size. HAYDEN PLANETARIUM SHOWS www.amnh.org or call 212-769-5100. Extreme Mammals will also Journey To The Stars investigate how some lineages died Wild Ocean COVER: Students present their projects for Urban out, while others diversified to form Opens July 4, 2009 Advantage 2008. | © AMNH/R. Mickens groups of well-known mammals Waxy Monkey Frog | © AMNH/H. Davies Journey to the Stars, a spectacular new Experience the massive feeding frenzy living today. With fascinating Space Show, launches visitors through that takes place each year in the oceans of South Africa as billions of specimens, spectacular models, León, Spain; Korea Green Foundation, Seoul; Natural invite visitors to activate recorded time and space to experience the life RELOCATION OF ROSE CENTER History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen; Papalote fish migrate up the KwaZulu-Natal dynamic media displays, and hands- frog calls, view videos of frogs in and death of the stars in our night sky. MEMBERSHIP DESK Museo del Niño, Mexico City, Mexico; and Saint Louis Wild Coast. Breaching whales, on activities, the exhibition highlights action, and test their knowledge Travel 13 billion years into the past, Science Center. frenzied sharks, herding dolphins, and The Membership Desk at the mammals’ amazing qualities and Climate Change is proudly presented by about frogs. when the first stars were born, and diving gannets compete in an epic Rose Center Entrance (81st Street) illuminates the shared ancestry that Bank of America. witness brilliant supernovas that sent This exhibition is presented with appreciation to Clyde underwater struggle for survival. is now located on the first floor, unites these diverse creatures. Major support has also been provided by Peeling’s Reptiland. new kinds of matter coursing through directly to your right The Rockefeller Foundation. the universe, into the atoms of our Extreme Mammals is organized by the American as you enter the building. Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org), Additional support for Climate Change and its related Saturn: Images from the own bodies and the air we breathe. Beavers in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, educational programming has been provided by San Francisco; Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Mary and David Solomon, the Betsy and Jesse Fink Cassini-Huygens Mission Visit the heart of our fiery Sun, and Shot on location in the Canadian Rocky Canada; and Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Foundation, the Linden Trust for Conservation, and Through July 26, 2009 glimpse its distant future as it trans- Mountains and Ontario, Canada, this SAVE A TREE the Red Crane Foundation. Major funding for Extreme Mammals has been provided IMAX Corridor forms into a massive red giant. Tour fascinating film follows one family as The current issue of Rotunda is now available online! Download it at www.amnh.org. If you’d by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund. familiar stellar formations, explore This stunning exhibition reveals it overcomes dangers, grows, plays like to stop receiving paper copies, please Additional generous support for Extreme Mammals has Frogs: A Chorus of Colors new celestial mysteries, and discover email [email protected]. details of Saturn’s rings, moons, and and proves why the beaver is one of been provided by the Bill and Ann Ziff Foundation, the Through January 3, 2010 the fascinating, unfolding story that nature’s great engineers. With breath- Eileen P.Bernard Exhibition Fund, and Harlan B. Levine, Gallery 77 atmosphere with images sent over MD and Marshall P.Levine. connects us all to the stars. taking underwater photography, Members’ tickets are $12 adults; half a billion miles by the Cassini spacecraft. Journey to the Stars was developed by the American viewers also travel inside the lodge for $7 children Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org) Climate Change: The Threat to a rare, intimate look at the habitat of ISSN 0194-6110 The support of the National Aeronautics and in collaboration with the California Academy of USPS Permit #472-650 Life and A New Energy Future With more than 200 live frogs shown Space Administration is appreciated. these charming, industrious creatures. Vol. 34, No. 4, July/August/September 2009 Through August 16, 2009 in recreated habitats, complete with Special thanks to the Cassini imaging team, especially Lewis W. Bernard, Chairman Gallery 3 rock ledges, live plants, and waterfalls, those scientists at Cornell University’s Department of AND DON’T MISS… Ellen V. Futter, President Free for Members this delightful exhibition introduces Astronomy, along with the staff of Cornell University AMNH Birthday Parties Lynn DeBow, Senior Vice President for Development visitors to the colorful and diverse photography.The Eastman Kodak Company of and Membership This timely exhibition explores the Rochester, New York, printed the images. Rosemary Caulk, Director of Membership world of amphibians. Featuring Celebrate this year’s birthday at the science, history, and impact of climate American Museum of Natural History! 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f imitation is the sincerest form of City program in 2004, it brought These cities’ collaborating institutions Passes to partner institutions for because we realize that the support has flattery, the American Museum of together such collaborators as the commit to designing and conducting students and their families are another to come from home.” Natural History stands roundly Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the New York high-quality professional development important feature of the program. The final, critical component of the complimented.The Museum’s Botanical Garden, the New York Hall of for teachers over several years; Over the past four years, nearly 30,000 I Urban Advantage model is professional innovative Urban Advantage Middle Science, the Queens Botanical Garden, honoring student, family, and class-visit UA students and their family members development for teachers—addressing School Science Initiative to augment the Staten Island Zoo, the Wildlife admission vouchers; partnering with have taken advantage of the what has been identified as a severe science education for public school- Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo, the one or more UA demonstration schools, admission vouchers. shortage of qualified science teachers children has inspired pilot programs in New York Aquarium, and the New York and sending representatives to visit a “I was surprised that many of my in the city.Teachers receive a stipend to Denver and Miami for the 2009–2010 City Department of Education, with variety of schools each year in support students don’t visit the institutions in spend time after school and on weekends school year; and feasibility studies in leadership funding from the New York of UA programs. the city,”said Christina Kola, a UA teacher learning how to help students design Boston, Buffalo, and Cleveland. City Council.The program currently “UA’s comprehensive model, with at Middle School 45 in the South Bronx. experiments, attending sessions on serves all five boroughs, some 25,000 Students at the Urban Advantage Science Expo | “The Urban Advantage partnership has students, teachers, and parents all © AMNH/R. Mickens “I have students who have never been how to weave science resources into students, and 250 teachers in 150 had tremendous impact in New York involved, is very appealing,” says Polly to the Bronx Zoo.They live across the classroom instruction, becoming more schools—about 30 percent of the city’s City and we are deeply gratified that it Andrews, Director of Youth and Teacher street and have never been there.” familiar with UA’s partner institutions, public schools with an 8th grade. Director of the Gottesman Center for is now spreading to cities across the Programs at the Denver Museum of and even conducting their own Science Teaching and Learning at AMNH. To further encourage parental involve- country,”said Ellen V. Futter, President Working in partnership with the Nature & Science.“And the national exit projects. "UA focuses students and teachers on ment, family guidelines for the program of the American Museum of Natural Goldman Sachs Foundation, whose network provides us with opportunities engaging in scientifically oriented are available in eight languages besides So far, the results have been exceedingly History. “With the involvement of the support has made possible UA’s to compare challenges, brainstorm questions, gathering data, and develop- English: Chinese, Korean, Haitian Creole, positive. According to a preliminary partner cities now investigating and national expansion, the Museum has solutions, and learn from colleagues in ing explanations based on evidence. Arabic, Russian, Bengali, Urdu, and evaluation of UA in New York,83 percent piloting their own local versions, this been able to introduce this successful similar situations.This is very important.” Learning science becomes more than Spanish. UA Partner institutions provide of participating teachers saw signs pioneering program has the opportunity educational model into cities nationwide. The need for improving science literacy understanding a body of knowledge, workshops for parent coordinators of improvement in the quality of UA to achieve national scale, and thereby In their planned pilot programs for the among students preparing for high science is also a process for investigating about the eighth grade exit project and students’ knowledge of science content, make a very real difference in 2009–2010 school year, the Denver school is an urgent one. In April of this how we know what we know.We help their role in helping teachers use and 80 percent reported increased improving the teaching and learning of Public Schools, along with Aurora Public year, New York Times columnist Thomas students do science, think like scientists, cultural institutions to support science understanding of the process of science throughout the country.” Schools and Adams County School Friedman reported that after decades of and behave like scientists." investigations. Parent coordinators help scientific investigation. Just as the name suggests, Urban District 14, are working with the Denver dominating the world in education, the teachers plan and carry out activities The NYC Department of Education “Urban Advantage introduced me to Advantage was founded upon the Museum of Nature and Science as their U.S. has fallen way behind in the number such as weekend family field trips to UA defines four types of exit projects: things I didn’t think about, and my conviction that urban settings offer lead institution, and the Miami-Dade and quality of our high school graduates. Partner institutions, class trips, family controlled experiments; field studies; teaching has completely changed,” said unique opportunities for enrichment County Public School is collaborating with Included in his evidence was the 2006 science nights and science fairs, and design projects; and secondary research Kola.“Hopefully, if one kid can start outside the classroom.When AMNH both the Zoological Society of Florida Program for International Student exit project workshops. in which students work with scientific thinking,‘Well, maybe science is created and implemented the New York and the Miami Museum of Science. Assessment that measured applied data sets obtained by others. UA “Parents are their children’s first teachers,” interesting; maybe that’s what I want learning and problem-solving skills in partner institutions can serve as the said Rachel Oechsner, assistant principal to do, that’s the topic I want to learn 15-year-olds: the U.S. was number 25 out “fields” where observations are made, of Intermediate School 259 in the Bay about,’ it will be worth it.” of 30 industrialized countries in math labs offering hands-on experiences, or Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn.“We and number 24 in science. Support for the American Museum of Natural simply as valuable sources of try very hard to get parents involved History's Urban Advantage Program is provided by Tellingly, in a 2005 report called “How inspiration for hypotheses to be tested the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Students Learn Science in the Classroom,” and topics to be explored. the National Research Council concluded Every year, AMNH sponsors a Science that a deep understanding of science is Expo in which students’ exit projects grounded in doing science. Urban are exhibited under the blue whale in Advantage, now run at AMNH under the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life—a source the umbrella of the David S. and Ruth L. of pride for all involved.Typical exit Gottesman Center for Science Teaching projects ask such questions as how and Learning, gives students rich much bacteria can be found on everyday resources for conducting hands-on objects used in school? Which monkey investigations called “exit projects”—a is more active: the White-Faced Saki or city-wide requirement for 8th grade the Cotton-Top Tamarin? How do differ- students—that engage them in science ent types of music affect concentration? as a way of thinking, rather than simply Does the type of plate boundary as a body of knowledge. determine the magnitude of earth- "Urban Advantage is all about scientific quakes? What is the effect of room Students present their 8th grade exit projects for Urban Advantage 2008. | © AMNH/R. Mickens inquiry," explained Dr. Jim Short, temperature on the life span of a bubble? Urban Advantage students demonstrate their projects. | © AMNH/R. Mickens

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EXPEDITIONS where the trackways of dinosaurs and influenced the design of Riverside other ancient creatures can be found. Park and Drive and the development Fossils! Fossils! Fossils! of the area. Heading north from 135th Saturday, July 11 MO071109 Sail on the Clearwater Street, the tour will also cover 8:30 am–5 pm Friday, July 24 MO072409 Riverbank State Park, built on top of a $85 (includes transportation by 6–9 pm sewage treatment plant. private coach) $75 Pack your collecting bag, old sneakers, Limited space is available; please HALL TOURS and lunch, and join Carl Mehling, register early. Fossil Collections Manager in the Join us for a sunset sail aboard the The Solar System: Earth and its Division of Paleontology, for an historic Clearwater, a 106-foot Natural bridge chasm | National Bridge State Park Fascinating Cosmic Neighbors expedition to Big Brook in Monmouth Saturday, September 12 MH091209 wooden sailing sloop, designed after County, New Jersey. 3–4:30 pm 18th- and 19th-century Dutch ships, Free to learn more about the cultural Rails & Trails in the Berkshires West Point: The Geology heritage of the area and the ecology Saturday, September 19 MO091909 Our solar system is as fascinating and and History of the Hudson River. 8:30 am–6:30 pm filled with wonders as the distant Thursday, July 16 MO071609 $115 (includes buffet lunch and quasars, black holes, and neutron stars. 9 am–5 pm From Quarry to Pleasure Ground: transportation by private coach) Join tour guide Larry Bassett for a $95 (includes transportation by The Art of the At Western Gateway Heritage State speedy journey through the solar private coach) Geological Landscape Park in North Adams, Massachusetts, system. As you walk through the Hall Join geologist Sidney Horenstein Saturday, August 15 MO081509 step back in time with former docent Turtle Pond, Central Park | © AMNH/C. Chesek of the Universe and the Hall of Planet on this day trip to West Point and 8:30 am–6 pm Robert Campanile and experience Earth, you’ll learn about new discoveries Constitution Island, which is home to $95 (includes transportation by history from the perspective of a and the search for life on other planets. As a bonus, you will enjoy the natural and Mineral Science, and explore the some of the oldest rocks in our region, private coach) small mill town in early America. Visit autumn beauty of the area. Kent Greenhouse and Gardens to along with other historic features that an exhibit on the construction of the Weights and Measures Landscape architect Donna Walcavage examine local plants and herbs. Lunch date back to the Revolutionary War. Hoosac Tunnel, a major feat in Sunday, September 27 MH092709 leads this journey to two extraordinary Exploring Connecticut’s will be held at Kent’s legendary Fife’n geological engineering in the mid- 3–4:30 pm locations where art meets nature. Natural Treasures Drum Restaurant. Birds of Jamaica Bay 19th century.Tour the Natural Bridge Free See Opus 40, a magnificent sculpture Saturday, October 17 MO101709 Saturday, July 18 MW071809 State Park, a place that contains clues in the Catskills near Saugerties, New 9 am–6 pm Every civilization had its own method 9 am–3 pm to our planet’s complex evolution. WALKING TOURS York, and Manitoga, the unique home $130 (includes lunch, transportation by of accounting: the Sumerians had $36 Witness the tremendous power of and landscape of designer Russel private coach, and all admission fees.) Reunion with Trees their clay models, the Incas their Renowned as a prime birding spot, over Wright, in Garrison, New York. flowing water from the 300-foot Evening Walks Quipu. Eratosthenes measured the natural white marble bridge and its Ethnobotanist E. Barrie Kavasch guides 325 species have been recorded at the Don’t forget to bring your camera, Tuesday, July 28 MW072809 circumference of the Earth in 200 BC- associate walkways. this walking tour through the colorful Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge during binoculars, and lunch. Tuesday, August 4 MW080409 and today we measure the expansion Northwest Hills of historic Kent, the last 25 years. Observe some of the $30 of the universe. Travel through the thousands of water, land, and shorebirds Paleozoic Fossils of the Connecticut. Visit the Sloane-Stanley Museum’s halls with tour guide Judith that stop here during their migration, Delaware Valley Museum and view early American Become acquainted with the trees of Cubbon to weigh, measure, and count and see numerous bird species— Saturday, October 3 MO100309 tools and artifacts, take a guided tour Central Park on this evening walk with everything. including the Glossy Ibis, Osprey,Tern, 8:30 am–6 pm of the Connecticut Museum of Mining Sidney Horenstein. Delve further into Laughing Gull, Oystercatcher, and $95 (includes transportation by the trees’ unique botanical features Windows on Nature: more—that breed in the area during private coach) and evolutionary history. Learn about Hall of North American the links these plants have with the the summer months. Bring your collecting bags and lunch Mammals and Ocean Life adventures of the early explorers and and join Museum paleoentomologist Wednesday, Octobor 7 MH100709 travelers who first collected them. Tracking Dinosaurs in Paul Nascimbene on this special 6:30–8 pm Northern New Jersey collecting trip to several outcrops in $35 Wednesday, July 22 MO072209 Geology and History of Western New Jersey and Eastern The American Museum of Natural 9 am–5 pm Riverside Park and Drive Pennsylvania where ancient Paleozoic History houses some of the world’s $85 (includes transportation by Thursday, August 27 MW082709 fossils of sea creatures—including most superb examples of habitat private coach) 6:30–8 pm brachiopods, corals, and trilobites— dioramas. With Stephen C. Quinn, Join Museum paleoentomologist Paul $30 can be found. Surface collecting is Senior Project Manager of Exhibitions, Nascimbene on a visit to two sites permitted for Members on this trip. Join geologist Sidney Horenstein on this walking tour to learn how geology © S. Marsel © R. DiGianigi

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artist, naturalist, and author of the halls' dioramas, how they were any people buy life above the cash surrender value. Under an important exception, Windows on Nature:The Great Habitat made, and who created them. insurance to provide for Any premiums you pay on the policy however, the value of group-term Dioramas of the American Museum of their young children or after you transfer it to us qualify as a insurance protection over $50,000 is Natural History, tour the Hall of North PREVIOUSLY LISTED to ensure payment of a charitable deduction for the year in not taxed when employees name a American Mammals and the Milstein Mhome mortgage. Many years later, which the premium is paid. charity, such as the Museum, as the Hall of Ocean Life to learn about the (Space may be available for the the children are grown, or the beneficiary of the excess. There is You can also retain ownership of the history of the dioramas, how they following program) mortgage has been paid off. If you no income tax deduction for this gift, policy and simply name the Museum were made, and who created them. now own more than enough life but employees can avoid paying the policy’s beneficiary. In that case, insurance, or if you have a policy that income tax on the value of the Hudson Valley Garden Tour you’re not entitled to an income tax Thursday, June 25 MO062509 is no longer necessary, please consider premiums needed to furnish the Windows on Nature: deduction, but we will eventually 9 am–6 pm making it a gift to the Museum. excess coverage. North American Birds and receive the proceeds if you don’t $95 (includes transportation by African Mammals Center Fountain at Lasdon Memorial Garden | Giving a life insurance policy is an change the beneficiary. We urge you to speak to your attorney Wednesday, November 18 MH111809 private coach) © Lasdon Memorial Garden easy and inexpensive way to make or financial advisor to see if you have 6:30–8 pm Another way to support the Museum is Spend a day touring three remarkable a substantial gift to the Museum. enough life insurance and to discuss $35 to name us the contingent beneficiary gardens of the Hudson Valley. First, and alyssum, among other flowers. All you have to do is make us the the benefits of giving a policy to the of your life insurance policy so that we Tour the Sanford Hall of North visit Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate near Finally, tour Stonecrop Gardens, beneficiary and irrevocably transfer American Museum of Natural History. will receive the proceeds if there are American Birds and the upper level of Sleepy Hollow, which is a landmark originally the home of Anne and the policy to us. We will eventually no surviving close family members. For more information, please contact: the Akeley Hall of African Mammals known for its spectacular scenery, Frank Cabot located in Cold Spring, use the proceeds to help us build on Arthur Markowitz, Esq., Director of with Stephen C. Quinn, Senior Project architecture, art, history, and, of where you’ll be greeted by a thicket our contributions in exploration and Employees can receive group-term Planned Giving, at (212) 769-5119 or Manager of Exhibitions, artist, course, remarkable gardens. Then, of blooms. discovery in the natural sciences, as life insurance coverage up to $50,000 [email protected]. There is naturalist, and author of Windows view the elegant formal gardens of well as in public education. tax-free. The value of the premiums no cost or obligation to you. on Nature:The Great Habitat Dioramas the Lasdon Park and Arboretum in paid to provide coverage over that If the policy has a cash surrender of the American Museum of Natural Somers, boasting petunias, nicotiana, amount, as determined by IRS tables, value, your income tax charitable History. Learn about the history of is generally taxed to the employee. deduction is generally slightly

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onor a loved one or education and entertainment to commemorate an thousands of visitors daily. important event with With a donation of $5,000, we invite a Seat for Science. H you to name a seat in the stars! A By naming a seat in one of the beloved landmark and major attraction American Museum of Natural History’s for New Yorkers, the Hayden Planetarium spectacular state-of-the-art theaters, provides starry-eyed children and you will help carry on the Museum’s adults a glimpse into the outer reaches long tradition of scientific research and of the universe. education. In recognition of your Naming a seat provides support for the generosity, a plaque will be installed on American Museum of Natural History’s © AMNH/D. Finnin the seat of your choice. continued efforts to research, interpret, With a donation of $2,500, you will and disseminate knowledge about our Name a Seat for Science have an opportunity to name a seatin natural world. and watch our new Space Show, the LeFrak IMAX Theater, the Museum’s Journey to the Stars, from your seat! For more information about naming a largest and most popular theater Seat donors receive six complimentary Seat for Science,contact our Development facility. Its three-story screen provides passes to the Space Show. Office by phone at 212-769-5929 or by

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Central Park in the Dark New York Bat Group for a bat walk TUESDAYS IN THE DOME through Central Park. with Marie Winn All programs take place at 6:30 pm Wednesday, July 8 EL070809 Note: You must register at least one week in advance. in the Hayden Planetarium Space 7 pm Rain date is Friday, August 7. Meet on the Museum steps Theater. Linder Theater on Central Park West at 79th Street. $15 ($13.50 Members, students, Virtual Universe senior citizens) Wild, Wild World: Awake at Night Journey through the Milky Way Explore Central Park’s nocturnal Saturday, July 25 Tuesday, July 7 HM070709 wildlife with naturalist Marie Winn. 11 am–12 pm EC072509A Journey to the furthest reaches of An illustrated talk is followed by a 1–2 pm EC072509B our galaxy to learn about amazing guided walk through the park, and Linder Theater scientific discoveries. a book signing is included. $8 children; $10 adults Get an up-close look at some Motion through the Universe fascinating nocturnal animals with Tuesday, August 4 HM080409 Rob Mies, Organization for Bat Learn about the history and future Conservation. of the universe from the way planets, moons, nearby stars, distant halo WEEKEND WORKSHOPS IN THE objects, and galaxies move. SACKLER LAB: FIRST CULTURE First Tools: Celestial Highlights A Demonstration of the Family Astronomy Fun-damentals First Stone Tool Technologies Tuesday, July 28 HM072809 Sunday, July 12 Bring your budding astronomer to Session I 1–2:30 pm this family-friendly presentation. Session II 2:30–4 pm Adventures in the Free with Museum admission Look Ma...No Rings (or Moons)! Global Kitchen: Beer Sackler Educational Lab Tuesday, August 25 HM082509 Tuesday, July 14 EL071409 For families with children ages 10 6:30 pm and up Hear about the unusual circumstances Linder Theater that will lead to the temporary Watch archaeologist Dr. Bill Schindler, $20 vanishing of Saturn’s rings and Washington College, bring the earliest Jupiter’s moons. With Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster at tool technologies to life with real the Brooklyn Brewery and author of artifacts and stone tool replicas. A New Path to the Moon The Brewmaster’s Table, learn about and Beyond Using the history of brewing beer. Tastings Gravitational Chaos are included. Monday, July 20 HL072009 7:30 pm Evening Bat Walks in Hayden Planetarium Space Theater Central Park $15 ($13.50 Members, students, Friday, July 17 EW071709A senior citizens) Friday, July 24 EW072409B Friday, July 31 EW073109C Learn about weak stability boundary 8:30 pm theory, the alternative approach to $25 space travel developed by Ed Belbruno Enrollment is limited. in the 1980s. This program is supported, in part, by a grant from Join Chanda Bennett, AMNH, Danielle Garret Oliver the Newman’s Own Foundation. Gustafson, and other members of the

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