Museum Events

Natural History, December/January 2007 | Go to article overview
Save to active project
This is a free preview of the opening paragraphs of the article. Get full access with a free trial today!

Museum Events


AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

www.amnh.org

EXHIBITIONS

Water: H2O = Life

Through May 26, 2008

Live animals, hands-on exhibits, and stunning dioramas invite the whole family to explore the beauty and wonder of water and reveal one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century: humanity's sustainable management and use of this life-giving, but finite, resource.

Water: H2O = Life is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org ), and Science Museum of Minnesota (www.smm.org) in collaboration with Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland; The Field Museum, Chicago; Instituto Sangari, Sao Paulo, Brazil; National Museum of Australia, Canberra; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; San Diego Natural History Museum; and Singapore Science Centre with PUB Singapore.

The American Museum of Natural History gratefully acknowledges the Tamarind Foundation for its leadership support of Water. H2O = Life, and the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future for its assistance.

Exclusive corporate sponsor for Water. H2O = Life is jPMorgan. Water: H2O = Life is supported by a generous grant from the National Science Foundation. The support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is appreciated.

The Museum extends its gratitude to the Panta Rhea Foundation, Park Foundation, and Wege Foundation for their support of the exhibition's educational programming and materials.

The Butterfly Conservatory

Through May 26, 2008

Mingle with up to 500 live, free-flying tropical butterflies, and learn about the butterfly life cycle, defense mechanisms, evolution, and conservation.

Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids

Through January 6, 2008

Mythic Creatures traces the cultural and natural history roots of some of the world's most enduring legendary beings of land, sea, and air.

Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org ), in collaboration with The Field Museum, Chicago; Canadian Museum of Civilization, Catineau; Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney; and Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta.

Mythic Creatures is proudly supported by MetLife Foundation.

Undersea Oasis: Coral Reef Communities

Through January 13, 2008

Brilliant color photographs capture the dazzling invertebrate life that flourishes on coral reefs.

Beyond

Through April 6, 2008

Exquisite images from unmanned space probes take visitors on a journey through the alien and varied terrain of our planetary neighbors.

The presentation of both Undersea Oasis and Beyond at the American Museum of Natural History is made possible by the generosity of the Arthur Ross Foundation.

Unknown Audubons: Mammals of North America

Through August 2008

The stately Audubon Gallery showcases gorgeously detailed depictions of North American mammals by John James Audubon, best known for his bird paintings.

Major funding for this exhibition has been provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Endowment Fund.

LECTURES

Wolf Empire

Tuesday, 12/11, 7:00 p.m.

With wildlife photographer and environmentalist Scott Ian Barry.

The 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body

Wednesday, 1/23, 6:30 p.m.

With Neil Shubin, University of Chicago, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy.

GLOBAL WEEKENDS

The City Celebrates Kwanzaa

Saturday, 12/29, 12:00 noon5:00 p.m.

Celebrate Kwanzaa's seven principles, the Nguzo Saba, with an afternoon of song, dance, and spoken word.

This event is coproduced by Community Works and the New Heritage Theatre Group under the artistic direction of Sistah Aziza.

Living in America: Rivers of Life

Three Saturdays, 1/12-26, 12:00 noon-y. …

The rest of this article is only available to active members of Questia

Sign up now for a free, 1-day trial and receive full access to:

  • Questia's entire collection
  • Automatic bibliography creation
  • More helpful research tools like notes, citations, and highlights
  • A full archive of books and articles related to this one
  • Ad-free environment

Already a member? Log in now.

Notes for this article

Add a new note
If you are trying to select text to create highlights or citations, remember that you must now click or tap on the first word, and then click or tap on the last word.
One moment ...
Default project is now your active project.
Project items

Items saved from this article

This article has been saved
Highlights (0)
Some of your highlights are legacy items.

Highlights saved before July 30, 2012 will not be displayed on their respective source pages.

You can easily re-create the highlights by opening the book page or article, selecting the text, and clicking “Highlight.”

Citations (0)
Some of your citations are legacy items.

Any citation created before July 30, 2012 will labeled as a “Cited page.” New citations will be saved as cited passages, pages or articles.

We also added the ability to view new citations from your projects or the book or article where you created them.

Notes (0)
Bookmarks (0)

You have no saved items from this article

Project items include:
  • Saved book/article
  • Highlights
  • Quotes/citations
  • Notes
  • Bookmarks
Note: Full functionality is available only to our active members. Your work will be lost once you leave this Web page.
Notes
Cite this article

Cited article

Style
Citations are available only to our active members.
Sign up now to cite pages or passages in MLA, APA and Chicago citation styles.

(Einhorn, 1992, p. 25)

(Einhorn 25)

1

1. Lois J. Einhorn, Abraham Lincoln, the Orator: Penetrating the Lincoln Legend (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992), 25, http://www.questia.com/read/27419298.

Cited article

Museum Events
Settings

Settings

Typeface
Text size Smaller Larger Reset View mode
Aa Day Aa Sepia Aa Night
Search within

Search within this article

Look up

Look up a word

  • Dictionary
  • Thesaurus
Please submit a word or phrase above.
Print this page

Print this page

Why can't I print more than one page at a time?

Help
Full screen

matching results for page

    Questia reader help

    How to highlight and cite specific passages

    1. Click or tap the first word you want to select.
    2. Click or tap the last word you want to select, and you’ll see everything in between get selected.
    3. You’ll then get a menu of options like creating a highlight or a citation from that passage of text.

    OK, got it!

    Cited passage

    Style
    Citations are available only to our active members.
    Sign up now to cite pages or passages in MLA, APA and Chicago citation styles.

    "Portraying himself as an honest, ordinary person helped Lincoln identify with his audiences." (Einhorn, 1992, p. 25).

    "Portraying himself as an honest, ordinary person helped Lincoln identify with his audiences." (Einhorn 25)

    "Portraying himself as an honest, ordinary person helped Lincoln identify with his audiences."1

    1. Lois J. Einhorn, Abraham Lincoln, the Orator: Penetrating the Lincoln Legend (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992), 25, http://www.questia.com/read/27419298.

    Cited passage

    Thanks for trying Questia!

    Please continue trying out our research tools, but please note, full functionality is available only to our active members.

    Your work will be lost once you leave this Web page.

    For full access in an ad-free environment, sign up now for a FREE, 1-day trial.

    Already a member? Log in now.

    Log out
    Upgrade your membership
    Search by ...
    Results should have ...
    Keyword searches may also use the operators AND, OR, NOT, “ ”, ( )