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on exhibit plan your visit calendar science education kids amp families news shop membership tickets mead festival cosmic discoveries race to the end journey to the stars butterflies see all adventures in global kitchen wild mushroom harvest foraging local woods and markets learn about tasty mushrooms found locally and some of the newer cultivated varieties now appearing in your market tuesday november 09 margaret mead film video festival 34th annual margaret mead film video festival join us for the best in documentary filmmaking animation archival works and more thursday november 11 sunday november 14 margaret mead film video festival opening night plug pray joseph weizenbaum urges us to reconsider our wholehearted embrace of technology before robots become as ubiquitous as ipods thursday november 11 margaret mead film video festival john cohen from athens to astoria greek ex patriot pericles halkias is nostalgic for the old country friday november 12 one step beyond one step beyond with spoek mathambo rainbow arabia launch your weekend with drinks and dancing at the most explosive party this side of the milky way friday november 12 margaret mead film video festival lantern slides looking glass through history join the mead for an urban dig through the american museum of natural history s library archives saturday november 13 margaret mead film video festival john cohen and the music of appalachia i when john cohen met roscoe holcomb in 1962 holcomb was down on his luck having been forced to quit his job in the mines after a workplace injury saturday november 13 margaret mead film video festival john cohen in the andes when john cohen filmed them in 1989 no outsider had ever witnessed their carnival celebration an all night freeform ceremony of storytelling and flute playing saturday november 13 members only excursions geology and history of yankee stadium explore the geology and history of the bronx neighborhood around yankee stadium with sidney horenstein saturday november 13 margaret mead film video festival the observer observed this panel discussion will address this role reversal as well as examine how anthropology is represented through visual media and how the discipline polices itself sunday november 14 margaret mead film video festival closing night in the garden of sounds tucked into a small swiss hamlet wolfgang fasser s studio is filled with cymbals drums and other noisemakers including a therapeutic table built on a bed of musical strings sunday november 14 margaret mead film video festival john cohen and the music of appalachia ii in one of his most celebrated works john cohen illuminates the deep connection the people of appalachia feel to their musical traditions sunday november 14 the art of brain the inside story thursday november 4 nearly all animals have brains most communicate with each other still others use tools and many build homes after a f read more museum lantern slide collection featured in the new york times before there were apps powerpoint presentations or 35 mm slides there were lantern slides these read more california student slugs it out to win young naturalist award a rosy sea slug of the genus spurilla was just the souvenir california high school student bonnie ho read more make a date in the 4th dimension click to find out whose fault is it geologists track the tectonic forces behind the dramatic landscape of north america s basin and range province click to find out can humans and lemurs share an island click to find out the museum s website for curious kids of all ages more info host an event at amnh more info sign up and start enjoying membership benefits make an online donation join our volunteer program about careers rose center privacy copyright info contact amnh amnh expeditions traveling exhibitions american museum of natural history central park west at 79th street new york ny 10024 5192