If you missed the family-friendly Ben Stiller comedy Night at the Museum, you can go one better and actually sleep at The American Museum of Natural History. The sleepover program for members lets guests explore the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, the Cullman Hall of the Universe and the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs, home to Read More
Space out at the Hayden Planetarium with American Museum of Natural History research scientist Jackie Faherty, who utilizes the Dome’s Zeiss IX Projector and the museum’s Digital Universe Atlas to let viewers feel like they are experiencing numerous celestial phenomena. From transits of the inner planets to total solar and lunar eclipses, Faherty will preview Read More
After a steady diet of Nemo slush and flu-inspired vomit on the sidewalk, enjoy the warmth and startling beauty of the Butterfly Conservatory at the Museum of Natural History. The butterflies are kept in a large, airy room. When it’s your turn, you’ll enter a room gone silent, as everyone there hopes that one of Read More
It’s the post-holiday lull, and we still have relatives in town—now that they’re done with their Black Friday shopping, we’re catching up on the newly reopened Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. It encompasses two stories of the museum, including the entrance and a memorial hall. The memorial will Read More
Good work if you can get it.
The heads of the Met, the Natural History Museum and MoMA live in tax-free Manhattan housing, on their employers’ dime. From The Times this morning:
In addition to her $877,000 compensation package, Ellen V. Futter, president of the American Museum of Natural History, lives rent free in a $5 million Read More
No need to feel bad when you pay five bucks plus pocket lint instead of the $20.00 “Recommended Admission”! The Metropolitan Museum of Art is New York’s richest cultural institution, according to Crain’s rankings.
N.B. the Natural History Museum beat out the Met in attendance figures, probably because everyone likes dinosaurs but Read More
One hundred years ago, when the South Pole had not yet been glimpsed by man, two teams set out to conquer it. Roald Amundsen’s Norwegians zipped there and back with skis and sled dogs, arriving at the pole in December 1911, more than a month before the British expedition led by a Royal Navy captain, Read More
The last human being to wear Spider Silk, a textile stronger than steel and made from the silk of the golden orb spider, native to Madagascar, was one of Napoleon’s wives. She sported Spider Silk gloves. Two hundred years later, on the evening of September 23 at the American Museum of Natural History, socialite Tinsley Read More
The American Museum of Natural History was occupied by writers, editors, and agents on Tuesday night, April 28, for the PEN Foundation’s annual black-tie gala.
During the pre-dinner cocktail hour in the museum’s spacious rotunda, Norton editor Bob Weil said softly that he hoped the big dinosaur skeleton mounted in the middle of the room Read More
As Michael Bloomberg announced ways in which New Yorkers could enjoy cheap or free cultural activities in the city, Cultural Affairs Department head Kate Levin testified at a City Council hearing about how the mayor’s budget cutbacks are affecting the department and the cultural groups it supports.
Still waiting to testify Read More
