Lectures

One of the hottest debates in astrobiology surrounds this icy moon.  We invite you to join the discussion:  Is Titan "dead" or "alive"? 

See and hear about some of the scientists’ favorites—Mimbres bowls, Paleoindian points, and William Clark’s telescope—as well as some of the lesser known “gems” in the Museum’s care.

Deep from within the vault at the Museum comes this amazing film of the first trans-African journey by motor truck, a 14-month, 14,000-mile trek.

Museum scientists go “behind the stories” in space science. First come, first served for seating.

Meet an international delegation of some of the rarest bats in the world, including a gigantic flying fox bat from Malaysia with a nearly six-foot wingspan!

Meet an international delegation of some of the rarest bats in the world, including a gigantic flying fox bat from Malaysia with a nearly six-foot wingspan!

December 21, 2012. The Internet, bookshelves, and movie theaters are full of prophecies, theories, and predictions that this date marks the end of the world, or at least the end of the world as we know it.