One of the exhibits allowed the visitors to use computer programs for making animations and mechanisms for running laser-light shows.
But Brooklyn was bathed in glorious fireworks and laser-light shows.
The second set is preceded by a laser-light show that is synchronized with "Clash of the Lightsabers".
Packages for the galleries, the film, a tour of the decommissioned submarine Blueback, an astronomy show and a laser-light show are $15 and $11.50.
The opening session set the tone by concluding with an exuberant laser-light show.
Admission: $6.50, $4, 3 to 17 years old; additional charge for laser-light shows, planetarium and Omnimax theater.
The planetarium at the museum is offering a three-dimensional laser-light show.
Old-fashioned organ music fills the dead air; no laser-light shows or T-shirt cannons.
By the 1980s the planetarium's sound-system and domed ceiling were used to display dazzling music-themed laser-light shows.
This year, the hundreds of thousands of celebrants gathered in the square will witness not only the annual ball drop, but also a 90-minute laser-light show.