32 – New York for Piccolas and Piccolos : Rose Center for Earth and Space
The Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. By Jeff Goldberg
At The American Museum of Natural History you won’t just find the wonderfully colossal dinosaur, sea creature and artifact displays. You will also enjoy the Rose Center for Earth and Space, a glass enclosure that houses the stunning 87-foot-diameter Hayden Sphere. Families can explore the 13-billion–year history of the universe, pick up cool facts about planets, stars and galaxies and watch space shows.
Step inside the worlds largest cosmic atlas and see the Earth like you've never seen before. Carter will be using the most current Earth data from NASA's Earth Observing System in this guided tour of our little piece of the Universe.
For a real taste of what you can expect check out this video of the Virtual Universe.
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History.
Rose Center for Earth and Space (at the American Museum of Natural History). Photo @Lucascompan
How to get here
Take B or C trains to 81st St–Museum of Natural History. Take 1 train to 79th St
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