ANMH Announces Their Fall Public Programs

The American Museum of Natural History announces their September public programs.

Fall Bird Walks in Central Park

Eight Tuesdays: September 7-October 26, 7-9 am
Eight Wednesdays: September 8-October 27, 7-9 am
Eight Thursdays: September 9-October 28, 7-9 am
Eight Thursdays: September 9-October 28, 9-11 am
Eight Fridays: September 10-October 29, 7-9 am

Admission is $85.

Observe the fall migration of birds in Central Park with naturalists Stephen C. Quinn (Tuesdays and Fridays), Joseph DiCostanzo (Wednesdays and Thursdays, 7 am), and Harold Feinberg (Thursdays, 9 am). Learn how to use field marks, habitat, behavior, and song as aids in identification.

Walks start across from the Museum on the northeast corner of Central Park West and 77th Street and take place rain or shine.

Animal Drawing

Eight Wednesdays: September 15-November 3, 7-9 pm

$160 Materials not included; enrollment limited to 25.

The Museum serves as the setting for an after-hours drawing course with the Department of Exhibition's Stephen C. Quinn, author of Windows on Nature. Learn about the artist who created the Museum's world-class dioramas and sketch subjects in their "natural" habitats. All levels of experience welcome.

How it Ends with Chris Impey

Monday, September 20, 7:30 pm
Hayden Planetarium Space Theater

$15 adults, $13.50 Members, students, senior citizens

Humans are unlikely to be exempt from extinction. Eventually, life on Earth will face the decay of the biosphere and the death of the Sun. On even longer timescales, the lights will go out in the cosmos as all stars extinguish. The final curtain will come with the evaporation of black holes and the decay of space-time itself. Join University of Arizona Astronomy Professor Chris Impey, author of How it Ends, as he explores these endings, from the proximate to the distant. Book signing will follow.

Astronomy in the Dome: Fall Skies with TEd Williams

Tuesday, September 28, 6:30-8 pm
Hayden Planetarium Space Theater - Enter at 81st Street/Rose Center

$15 adults $8 children $13.50 Members, students, senior citizens
Fall Season Pass: three Astronomy in the Dome shows for $40

After the autumnal equinox, nights are noticeably longer, the atmosphere tends to be calm, and those who watch the night sky have many opportunities to take in the cosmos. Join TEd Williams to learn about the equinox and to search out visible planets, constellations, and neighboring galaxies.

For additional information, call 212-769-5100 or visit the Museum's website, amnh.org.