Dates: Ongoing
Hours: Mon – Sun: 10 am – 5:45 pm
Central Park West at 79th Street (between 77th and 81st Streets)
New York, NY 10024
Free for members, $9.00 children, $12.00 seniors, students, $16.00 general.
Suggested museum admission includes entrance to Rose Center.
The Rose Center for Earth and Space encompasses the Hayden Planetarium and exhibition halls that explore the vast range of sizes in the cosmos; the 13-billion-year history of the universe; the nature of galaxies, stars and planets; and the dynamic features of our own unique planet Earth.
A moon rock on loan from NASA since 2002 is displayed near the entrance to the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth. The coarse-grained basalt rock is lava from a volcanic eruption on the Moon 3 billion years ago.
The 120-foot-high, 333,500-square-foot facility increased the American Museum of Natural History’s square footage by approximately 25%. The center’s design includes the largest glass curtain wall in the United States, constructed of clear “water white” glass, and an interior space with a ceiling higher than that of Grand Central Terminal. Click here for full details on the center’s exhibitions and programs.
For more info, please visit: http://www.nyc-arts.org/events/5927/rose-center-for-earth-and-space