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Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies

Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
(between 77th and 81st Streets)
New York, NY  10024
Tel: (212) 769-5200
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Free for members, $12.00 seniors, students, $16.00 adults.
$9 Children 2-12
Admission fees are suggested donations.

Dates

Sat, June 25, 2011 – Sun, June 24, 2012

Hours

Mon – Sun: 10 am – 5:45 pm

Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Whether museum scientists are studying parasites, people or planets in other solar systems, cutting-edge imaging technologies such as infrared photography, scanning electron microscopes and CT scanners now make it possible to examine details that were previously unobservable. This exhibition, curated by Mark Siddall, curator in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, features more than 20 sets of large-format images that showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies.
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American Museum of Natural History

The largest natural history museum in the world has a mission commensurately monumental in scope. Permanent hall exhibitions focus on dinosaurs, mammals, ocean life, geology and more. The Rose Center for Earth and Space explores the entire universe.
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American Museum of Natural History Listings

  • Highway of an Empire: The Great Inca Road

    Ongoing Over 35 photographs feature the 25,000 miles of roads and trails that the Incas built six centuries ago in South America.

  • SciCafe

    Ongoing The first Wednesday of the month, enjoy the museum after hours with music, drinks and thought-provoking conversation at this free, popular series.

  • Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence

    Sat, March 31, 2012 – Sun, Jan 6, 2013 This exhibition is all about extraordinary organisms that produce light—from the flickering fireflies found in backyards across the Northeast to the deep-sea fishes that illuminate the perpetually dark depths of the oceans. Learn all there is to know about bioluminescence.

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