NEW EXHIBIT AT THEAMERICANMUSEUMOF NATURAL HISTORY

JOURNEY TO THE STARS, NARRATED BY WHOOPI GOLDBERG, TO OPEN JULY 4 AT HAYDEN PLANETARIUM IN THE ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH AND SPACE

Newest Space Show Since Opening ofNew York CityLandmark in 2000

Shows Amazing Lifecycles of Stars, Including Our Own Sun

New York, May 11—Academy Award–winning actressWhoopi Goldbergwill narrate theAmericanMuseumof Natural History’sspectacular new Hayden Planetarium Space Show,Journey to the Stars,which opens to the public at the Museum’sRoseCenterfor Earth and Space on Saturday, July 4, 2009.This is the latest Space Show produced by the Museum since the opening of theRoseCenterfor Earth and Space almost ten years ago, on February 19, 2000.

Journey to the Starslaunches visitors through time and space to experience the life and death of the stars in our night sky. Audiences travel 13 billion years into the past, when the first stars were born, and witness brilliant supernova explosions that sent new kinds of matter coursing through the universe, into the atoms of our own bodies and the air we breathe. They visit the heart of our fiery Sun, and glimpse its eventual demise as it transforms into a massive red giant some five billion years in the future. Visitors tour stellar formations, explore new celestial mysteries, and discover the fascinating, unfolding story that connects us all to the stars.

Whoopi Goldberg has garnered innumerable awards, including an Academy Award for her supporting role inGhost(1990), a Grammy forWhoopi: Original Broadway Recording(1985), an Emmy for hostingBeyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel(2002), and a Tony for producingThoroughly Modern Millie(2002). In addition to her performances inSister Act(1992) andSister Act 2:Back in the Habit(1993), Ms. Goldberg is well-known for her recurring role as Guinan on theStar Trek: The Next Generationtelevision series. Ms. Goldberg loved the original Star Trek series and dreamed of exploring the universe as a child.She has appeared in over 50 films, includingThe Color Purple, Made inAmerica, How Stella Got Her Groove Back,andGirl, Interrupted.In 2007, Ms. Goldberg joined ABC’s popular morning programThe View.

Journey To The Stars,written by Emmy award winner Louise A. Gikow with a score by Robert Miller, followsCosmic Collisions(2006) narrated by Robert Redford,The Search for Life:Are We Alone?(2002) narrated byHarrison Ford, andPassport to the Universe(2000)narrated byTom Hanks.

Journey to the Starswas developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org) in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; GOTO INC, Tokyo, Japan; Papalote • Museo del Niño, Mexico City, Mexico; and Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

Journey to the Starswas created by theAmericanMuseumof Natural History, with the major support and partnership ofNASA, Science Mission Directorate, Heliophysics Division.

Made possible through the generous sponsorship ofLockheed Martin Corporation.

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