Members of Astrophysics help create exhibits and provide scientific expertise to many educational programs and outreach services in the Museum.
Ongoing Projects
-
Explore AMNH's 3-D atlas of the Universe.
-
See the latest developments in astrophysics through documentaries and news features.
-
The Hayden Planetarium's Space Shows are informed by research astrophysics, often showing findings from our department.
Special Exhibits
-
This new exhibit presents the science and techniques behind the study of planets orbiting nearby stars.
Hall of the Universe, Lower level
Ongoing
-
View the latest images of Saturn from the Cassini mission.
Photography gallery, First Floor
Through March 29, 2009
-
AMNH-produced exhibit on the life and times of Albert Einstein, including his science, politics, and enduring legacy.
November 2002 – July 2003, Currently traveling
Rose Center Exhibits
-
The Hayden Planetarium is more than a theater. Encompassing the sphere inside the Rose Center, the top half is the planetarium theater, where we exhibit our Space Shows and Hayden Programs. In the bottom half of the sphere is the Big Bang Theater, a short journey through the beginning of time and space. Hayden also has an academic side, where we focus on public programming, the Digital Universe, and community outreach.
Space Theater entry on the First Floor, Rose Center
Big Bang Theater entry on the Second Floor, Rose Center
-
Scales of the Universe is a 400-foot-long balcony that demonstrates the vast scales of the cosmos, form the largest structures we see to the smallest, subatomic particles. Along the way, the size of various objects are compared to the Hayden sphere. For example, the hanging planets beside the sphere are sized relative to the sphere, which at that scale is the size of the Sun.
Second Floor, Rose Center
-
The Cosmic Pathway leads visitors on an exploration of the 13.7-billion-year history of the Universe. Walk the timeline of the Universe, from the earliest stages of development to the present day.
Spiral ramp from the second to first floor, Rose Center
-
The Hall of the Universe is designed to be a rich, interpretive exhibit that explains the fundamentals of the Universe. The Hall is split into four zones, Planets, Stars, galaxies, and Universe, and uses the latest astrophysical knowledge to convey the nature of the cosmos. Supplementing these is a section on meteorites, life in the universe, and the AstroBulletin, an updated news and documentary service by AMNH.
Lower Level, Rose Center
-
An exhibition of rarely seen photographic prints from NASA's Apollo missions to the Moon. Selected from the 32,000 photographs taken by the astronauts, the prints show the vastness of the lunar landscape and reflect the impressive nature of the Apollo journeys to the Moon.
Throughout the Rose Center
