American Museum of Natural History

Okay.

We're here in my office in Manhattan at the American Museum of Natural History.

You know, what's funny is that you just said that to every collective Manhattanite in this city, because that is the mentality of everybody who lives in Manhattan.

I know,

Beautiful.

We have a collection at the American Museum of Natural History, but one of the largest collections in the world is at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago.

One of the largest collections of astrolabes in the world.

Anyhow, point is, as an homage to the Arabic role in navigating the sky, two-thirds of all stars in the sky that have names have Arabic names.

And...

She wrote our planetarium show here in New York City at the American Museum of Natural History, and that show was called Worlds Beyond Earth.

I've seen that show, and I remember saying to myself, there were flaws in this show, and I wanted to talk to you about it.

Hang on a second.

Beautiful.

We have a collection at the American Museum of Natural History, but one of the largest collections in the world is at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago.

One of the largest collections of astrolabes in the world.

Anyhow, point is, as an homage to the Arabic role in navigating the sky, two-thirds of all stars in the sky that have names have Arabic names.

Tyson.

It's Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History.

So not that it matters what paper you do use, but I'll get a nice long skinny strip from that.

There it goes.

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The leading authorities are the publications of the United States Bureau of Ethnology, of the Jessup North Pacific Expedition, of the memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, as well as the ethnological publications of the Canadian Bureau of Mines.

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All ages are welcome.

Also, you've got the Halloween celebration of the American Museum of Natural History.

So that's also a lot of fun and kid-friendly.

And, you know, we do have the New York City Marathon this Sunday, so prepare accordingly if you're planning on driving into the city.