Please join the CNY Humanist Association for an afternoon of inspiration and learning at the Museum of the Earth!

We will meet at 10:00 am at the museum’s admissions desk.

Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for seniors (65+), and $6 for youth (4-17). Children 3 and under are free.

Here is our schedule for the day:

10:00 am - Arrival & Introduction

10:30 am - Ancient Seas Over New York Program (30 minutes)

11:00 am - Guided Tour of Exhibits (30 minutes)

11:30 am - Exploration of the other exhibits

The Museum of the Earth offers a wide range of exhibits that appeal to all ages, including Survivors: Up Close With Living Fossils - a hands on exhibit that included a touch tank with various specimens. There are also many places to stop and interact with the exhibits, find fossils, try on dinosaur costumes, read a book, see live animals, watch corals swaying in the waves, and stand next to a real North Atlantic Right Whale skeleton and Real Mastodon skeleton.

About the Museum of the Earth:

Explore Earth and its prehistoric past—from the tiniest trilobite to the mighty mastodon—through engaging displays, hands-on features, stunning fossils, and science-inspired art.

Unearth and take home your own fossils from Fossil Lab.

Marvel at the Hyde Park Mastodon, one of the most complete mastodon skeletons ever found, and the 44-foot Right Whale #2030.

Watch paleontologists uncover dinosaur bones and other exciting fossils in Prep Lab. 

Journey 540 million years back in time with the 500-foot mural Rock of Ages, Sands of Time.

Continue your journey from the past into the future with special exhibitions, lectures, family-friendly programs, and more!

For directions and more information about the museum, please check out their website here: https://priweb.org/index.php/museumoftheearth-main