June at the Museum

Calendar Highlights | Enjoy music inspired by Moby-Dick—under the blue whale! | [View in browser]( [Plan Your Visit]( [Tickets]( [Exhibitions]( [Our Research]( [Calendar]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dinosaur skull shadow]( AFTER-HOURS EVENT Dinos After Dark Thursday, June 13 Go back in time for a prehistoric cocktail party in the Museum’s celebrated dinosaur halls! [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Brown Dwarf NASA Illustration]( PLANETARIUM PROGRAMS Frontiers Lecture: Degenerates of the Universe Monday, June 3 Join Museum Curator Rebecca Oppenheimer as she discusses 25 years of her research on these small but fascinating denizens of the universe. [Learn more]( [Bright Blue Coral]( SCIENCE SOCIALS SciCafe: A Bright Future for Our Oceans Wednesday, June 5 Game over for our oceans? Not for Jeremy Jackson. Discover what is turning a scientist once dubbed Dr. Doom into a cockeyed optimist. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Scientist Dagmawit Getahun]( CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Meet the Scientist: Dagmawit Getahun Saturday, June 1 Children age 7 and older will hear Dagmawit “Dag” Getahun explore the evolutionary history of monkeys from Africa and Asia. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Two young girls looking through a magnifying glass]( FAMILY PROGRAMS Discovery Room Public School Holiday Hours Tuesdays, June 4 and 11, and Thursday, June 6 The Discovery Room will be open for extra morning hours on public school holidays. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Employee reading to children]( CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Gateway Storytime Fridays, June 7 and 14 Treat children ages 2–5 to free play in the Discovery Room followed by a story, song, and visit to a related Museum hall. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Family at the Museum Sleepover. ]( AFTER-HOURS PROGRAMS A Night at the Museum Sleepover Fridays, June 7, 14, and 21 Children ages 6–13 are invited to camp out in an iconic hall and explore the Museum after hours. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Iceberg in the Antarctic ocean]( STUDENT PROGRAMS SciChat: Aging Icebergs Saturday, June 8 Scientist Stefanie Brachfeld looks for clues about Earth’s history with paleomagnetism by using rocks and sediments to trace the record of the Earth’s magnetic field. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Young man holding a primate skull]( TEEN PROGRAMS Summer Courses Registration Deadline: Sunday, June 16 Don’t miss the deadline for incoming and current high school students to apply for the week-long summer courses [Visualizing Science: Finding Flamingos]( July 8–12, and [Planetary Bootcamp]( August 12–16. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Shifting Corona of a Black Hole]( PLANETARIUM PROGRAMS Astronomy Live: Black Holes and the Force of Gravity Tuesday, June 25 Join Jana Grcevich and Irene Pease for an introduction to astronomical gravity through the orbits in our solar system and beyond. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kids drawing a watermelon]( CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Adventures in Science Summer Camp: First Discoveries Monday, July 1–Wednesday, July 3 Over three days, incoming first graders will talk to an astronaut, follow in the footsteps of dinosaurs, and trek through a rainforest. Please note all other summer camps are sold out. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Watercolor whale]( ON SALE NOW Excerpts from Moby-Dick, In Concert Under the Whale Friday, July 26, and Saturday, July 27 Enjoy staged excerpts from a new musical adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic 1851 novel, presented by the Museum in association with the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Giant Squid]( DROP-IN EXPERIENCE Swimming with Giants in 360 Daily through Sunday, August 18 Dive deep into the world under water in this immersive 360-degree video in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [facebook]( [instagram]( [facebook]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Privacy Policy]( You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to This Month at the Museum. American Museum of Natural HistoryCentral Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 Phone: 212-769-5100