Why protest at the museum? Well, they have the power to support science or not. And they are not telling the truth about climate breakdown. We are working on changing that.

On 5/4/25 we will meet up at 81st St. and Central Park West in Central Park at 12 pm to give out roles, materials and review the action. We will go in the museum at 1 and hold our protest performance party. We will speak out, teach in, play music, dance, flyer, chant and hold banners, and talk to people. We have a lot of singing, chanting and speaking we will be preparing for at the art builds/prep (see below). Then we will “march” to Raymond McGuire’s apt. about 3 blocks away with the Bucket Drum Brigade. There we will also flier, sing and chant.

Raymond McGuire is the treasurer of the Board of Trustees at the Museum, and he also sits on the board of Hess Corp. and profits $330,000/yr off this seat, and that is just a small portion of his fossil fuel profits.

There are many who sit on the board of trustees of the AMNH who financially gain from the fossil fuel industry. We are spreading the word, conflicts of interest of the board of trustees are apparent. The museum is not declaring a climate emergency nor is it adequately educating people about our crisis. Yet the fine print all over the museum makes it clear that their scientists recognize these facts. Please join us, and read (and sign) our petition for more details.

To prepare for the action we are holding two art builds/ rehearsals on and Saturday 5/3 at 2pm. Please come, 68 Jay St. #713, Brooklyn NY, fun, food, and good snacks will be provided.

Background:

We are going to go to the American Museum of Natural History 5/4/25 (AMNH). We have been protesting at the museum for nearly 2 years now to get the museum to accurately educate the public and declare a climate emergency. Our actions have been fruitful: they have updated their climate exhibit with images and data that highlight our skyrocketing global greenhouse gas emissions. However, they still downplay the crisis language and are not educating visitors about the severity of our current climate and biodiversity breakdown. We are asking them to take a stand to defend, protect and educate the public by declaring a climate emergency and being loud and clear about our crisis.

This event is accessible.