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Margaret Mead Film Festival at AMNH Unveils Full Program

Bobby Panza April 15, 2025 Arts & Entertainment, Events No Comments

The longest-running festival of nonfiction film in the United States, the Margaret Mead Film Festival—named after renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead—is back at the American Museum Read More...

Giant New Dinosaur on Display at AMNH

Bobby Panza December 11, 2024 Arts & Entertainment 1 Comment

Rexy’s got a new friend—one of the largest and most complete Stegosaurus fossils ever found. Named Apex, the 150-million-year-old specimen is now on display at Read More...

SNEAK PEEK: Holiday Origami Tree ‘Jumping for Joy’ at the AMNH

Bobby Panza November 22, 2024 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

A tradition that dates back to the early 1970s, the American Museum of Natural History—working in partnership with OrigamiUSA—has once again transformed paper into intricate Read More...

Photobooth Truck at the American Museum of Natural History: Be Part of the Exhibit

Bobby Panza September 11, 2024 Arts & Entertainment 1 Comment

Who loves the sun? Currently, a photobooth truck is parked on the Columbus Avenue side of the American Museum of Natural History. Read More...

Flaco’s Remains Sent to AMNH

Brendan Mohler May 30, 2024 Community No Comments

The remains of Flaco – the Eurasian eagle owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo in February 2023 and passed away about a year Read More...

Viewing the Total Solar Eclipse in NYC

Mike Mishkin March 22, 2024 Community 5 Comments

“A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun,” explains NASA. “The sky Read More...

Pro-Palestine Protestors Throw Smoke Bomb While Demonstrating Outside AMNH

Mike Mishkin December 5, 2023 Community 5 Comments

Pro-Palestine demonstrators attempted to enter the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday for the second consecutive weekend. Read More...

Extinction Rebellion Stages Climate Protest at AMNH

Mike Mishkin November 20, 2023 Arts & Entertainment 8 Comments

Over the weekend, activists from Extinction Rebellion – a UK-founded environmental movement known for staging large-scale protests and using mass arrests to get attention – occupied Read More...

This Year’s Origami Tree is Elephant-Inspired

Mike Mishkin November 17, 2023 Arts & Entertainment No Comments

The American Museum of Natural History‘s iconic Origami Holiday Tree will be back on display starting Monday, November 20. Read More...

AMNH To Move Human Remains Into Storage

Brendan Mohler October 18, 2023 Arts & Entertainment 3 Comments

The American Museum of Natural History has announced that it will drastically change how it handles human remains that have long been part of the Read More...