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calendar 



3 TUESDAY 



"The Biodiversity Crisis and Its 



Causes"* 



LECTURE (five-part lecture 



series exploring biodiversity 



and conservation), 7:00 p.m., 



Main Auditorium, $15.00 for 



single lecture, $40.00 for series 



5 THURSDAY 



"The Solar Eclipse of 1994"» 

 LECTURE, 7:30 p.m., Hayden 

 Planetarium, $6.00 members, 

 $8.00 nonmembers 



6 FRIDAY 



"Restoration of the Charles 

 Knight Murals" ■ 

 LECTURE, 7:00 p.m., 

 Kauf mann Theater, $6.00 

 members, $9.00 nonmembers 



10 TUESDAY 



Solar Eclipse Day • 

 SPECIAL EVENT (viewing 

 of solar eclipse, weather 

 permitting), 1 1 :30 a.m., 

 Hayden Planetarium 9 



12 THURSDAY 



"The Biodiversity Crisis and Its 



Solutions"* 



LECTURE (five-part lecture 



series exploring biodiversity 



and conservation), 7:00 p.m., 



Main Auditorium, $15.00 for 



single lecture, $40.00 for series 



14 SATURDAY 



Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of 

 Mammals and Their Extinct 

 Relatives 



NEW PERMANENT EXHIBITION 

 HALLS displaying the world's 

 greatest collection of fossil 

 mammals. Public Opening 



17 TUESDAY 



"Why Biodiversity is Important: 

 Understanding and Saving the 

 World's Species"* 

 LECTURE (five-part lecture 

 series exploring biodiversity 

 and conservation), 7:00 p.m.. 

 Main Auditorium, $15.00 for 

 single lecture, $40.00 for series 



18 WEDNESDAY 



"Conservation in the 21st 

 Century: An Evening with 

 Richard Leakey"* 

 LECTURE, 7:00 p.m.. Main 

 Auditorium, $19.00 members, 

 $29.00 nonmembers 



21 SATURDAY 



The Ice Age and Its Mammoth 

 Hunters ■ 



PERFORMANCE FOR CHILDREN, 

 10:30 a.m., Kaufmann Theater, 

 $6.00 members, $9.00 non- 

 members 



23 MONDAY 



"The Great Jupiter-Comet 

 Crash of 1994"« 

 LECTURE, 7:30 p.m., Hayden 

 Planetarium, $6.00 members, 

 $8.00 nonmembers 



29 SUNDAY 



Wilderness: A Performance by 

 the Pan Asian Repertory 

 Theatre * 



PERFORMANCE, 2:00 & 4:00 

 p.m., Kaufmann Theater 



THROUGHOUT MAY 



1 25th-Anniversary 

 Celebration of the American 

 Museum of Natural History 



The Museum launches a 20- 

 month celebration of 125 years 

 as one of the world's preemi- 

 nent science and research 

 institutions. 



Global Cultures in a Changing 

 World: A Series Exploring 

 Cultural Diversity * 

 LECTURES, FILMS, & PERFOR- 

 MANCES in May celebrate 

 Asia/Pacific American Heritage 

 Month. Leonhardt People 

 Center, 1 :00 to 4:30 p.m., every 

 weekend (except May 7 & 8) 



Search for the Great Sharks ▲ 

 IMAX FILM; daily showings, 

 Naturemax Theater, $5.00 

 adults, $2.50 children 



Space Places: 



A Photographic Exhibition 



SPECIAL EXHIBITION, 

 through May 15; and 

 Orion Rendezvous: A Star 

 Trek Voyage of Discovery • 

 SKY SHOW, daily showings. 

 Both at the Hayden 

 Planetarium, $5.00 adults, 

 $2.50 children 



Photo: a 300-million-year-old 

 mammal relative in the new 

 fossil mammal halls. 



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■ Membership, 769-5606 ▲ Naturemax Theater, 769-5650 + Education, 769-5310 • Hayden Planetarium, 769-5900 



American Museum of Natural History 



Central Park West at 79th Street, New York City - For information, call 212-769-5100 



