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The Willamette Meteorite may have landed in Oregon in 1902, but the 15.5-ton rock has resided in NYC for the past 101 years. The American Museum of Natural History acquired it in 1906 and it's been on display there ever since.

At the end of this month, your friendly neighborhood Spider Man will be all over New York for...Spider Man week! A five-borough-wide celebration (marketing ploy) featuring a ton of live events, screenings, parties and exhibits. The city has been central to the Marvel Comics legend since Spidey's beginning in 1962, so it only makes sense to launch the latest movie here.

"Everyone has their stereotypes of being cold and heartless," Mr. McCarthy said. "I've only felt warm feelings from everyone."Well, that makes sense because New York is the world's most polite city! When McCarthy and his girlfriend return, he will take the NYPD up on their offer of an escort to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They were also planning on heading to other NYC tourist must-sees: The American Museum of Natural History, the Staten Island Ferry, and Gray's Papaya.

The American Museum of Natural History has long been the best diorama spot in the city-- and a mecca for fans of this peculiar art form. This month, the museum published "Windows on Nature", which tells the story of the dioramas and contains pictures of more than forty of them. Better yet, the museum has built a special website containing pictures and 360-views of a whole bunch of the exhibits-- including two of our favorites: Mountain Gorilla and Alaska Brown Bear. The site is also chock-full of other taxidermy content, including videos, behind-the-scenes stuff, and info about the artists who create the exhibits. Check it out-- but be prepared to waste an hour clicking around!

For Fellini fans, Gothamist has your next two nights of movie viewing sewn up.

The American Museum of Natural History brings back the planetarium lightshow with its new program in the Hayden Planetarium called SonicVision that is mixed by Moby. The music Moby chose comes from Radiohead, U2, Coldplay, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, The Flaming Lips, Stereolab, Fischerspooner, Boards of Canada, and himself, naturally.