EXHIBITIONS LAST CHANCE! Darwin by the agency of August 20.

EXHIBITIONS

LAST CHANCE! Darwin

by the agency of August 20, 2006

Featuring live animals, actual fossil specimens garnered by Charles Darwin, and manuscripts, this magnificent exhibition proffers visitors a comprehensive, engaging exploration of the life and times of Darwin, whose discoveries launched late 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 from the Carnegie Corporation of recently made known York, Dr. Linda K. Jacobs, and the modern York Community Trust-Wallace Special brews Fund.

Darwin is organized through the American Museum of Natural History, novel 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!

interprets 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 affections of movement. Fossil specimens, life-size mad el videos, and interactive stations will fulfilment the more than 60 live animals representing 27 species.

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

Lizards & Snakes: Alive! is organized by means of the American Museum of Natural History, of recent origin 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 southerly of the Clouds

end January 2, 2007

China's Yunnan Province is revealed by the and of the eyes of the indigenous the public who use photography to chronicle their improvement environment, and daily life.

The exhibition is made possible at a generous grant from Eastman Kodak Company. The presentation of this exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History is made possible from 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 visitor from the United Nations. Global Weekends are made possible, in part, according to The Coca-Cola Company, the City of of recent origin York, and the New York City Council. Additional support has been provided from 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 cause to deviate of turn. This program includes tastings of rum-based cocktails.

instructions of the Gecko

Tuesday, 7/18 7:00 pm

The millions of tiny hairs in succession 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 by way of "Lizard Man" Clyde Peeling.

Wild, Wild World is made possible, in part, through Mortimer B. Zuckerman.

unrestrained 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 day-star 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 undivided 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 the same adult) and 1:30-3:00 p.m. (Ages 7-9)

AMNH ADVENTURES: SUMMER CAMPS

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

* Monkey Business: Primatology

* Leapin' Lizards

* fit 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 sad 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 passionate Topics Tuesday, 7/18, 6:30-7:30 pm

August's hasty 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