May 24, 2012
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Rose Center for Earth and Space
Central Park West at 79th Street
(between 77th and 81st Streets)
New York, NY 10024
Tel: (212) 769-5200
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Suggested museum admission includes entrance to Rose Center.
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OngoingHours
Mon – Sun: 10 am – 5:45 pmClosed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The Rose Center for Earth and Space encompasses the Hayden Planetarium and exhibition halls that explore the vast range of sizes in the cosmos; the 13-billion-year history of the universe; the nature of galaxies, stars and planets; and the dynamic features of our own unique planet Earth.
A moon rock on loan from NASA since 2002 is displayed near the entrance to the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth. The coarse-grained basalt rock is lava from a volcanic eruption on the Moon 3 billion years ago.
The 120-foot-high, 333,500-square-foot facility increased the American Museum of Natural History's square footage by approximately 25%. The center's design includes the largest glass curtain wall in the United States, constructed of clear "water white" glass, and an interior space with a ceiling higher than that of Grand Central Terminal. Click here for full details on the center's exhibitions and programs.
- Directions: Subway: B, C to 81st Street - Museum of Natural History
About this Organization
American Museum of Natural HistoryThe 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
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Ongoing More than 200 live frogs, from the tiny golden mantella frog to the enormous African bullfrog, are shown in their re-created habitats, complete with rock ledges, live plants and waterfalls.
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Ongoing Dominating the Rose Center is the Hayden Sphere, which features the world's largest virtual reality simulator. Weighing four million pounds and measuring 87 feet in diameter, the Hayden Sphere houses the Space Theater-currently showing Journey to the Stars, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg-in its upper half and the Big Bang Theater in its lower hemisphere.
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Always on View at the American Museum of Natural History
Ongoing Dinosaurs, meteorites and gems, mammals preserved in realistic dioramas, ocean life and exhibition halls that explore the world’s traditional cultures are just some of the scores of subjects on view 363 days a year.