New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. Phone Number: 505-841-2800 T. REX ATTACK!

ON DISPLAY

 
NatureScapes 2008 Now open:
NatureScapes 2008
Natural History
Photography Salon
Online Gallery
T. rex head  
Now open:
T. REX ATTACK!
in the Museum Atrium
Polar-Palooza!  
Polar-Palooza
First Floor Changing Exhibits Area

NOW SHOWING

Lockheed Martin DynaTheater

Dinosaurs Alive


Dinosaurs Alive!.
10:00am, Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm

The Living Sea
11:00am, 3:00pm

 

Planetarium

Enchanted Skies: The Digital Universe
11:00am, 3:00pm

Earth's Wild Ride
12:00pm, 2:00pm

Night of the Titanic
1:00pm

Ticket sales stop 10 minutes before show times.

 
 

WHAT’S NEW

Learn all about New Mexico's State Fossil, the little dinosaur Coelophysis, at the newly assembled nmstatefossil.org. This collection of Coelophysis resources was put together as part of the new Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Triassic New Mexico exhibit at the museum.

Visit the 2008 Naturescapes Photo Salon, now showing in the first floor Changing Exhibit Gallery. View photos of Wild, Wacky Weather in New Mexico.

New Lectures for summer 2008.

EVENTS

Summer 2008 Calendar of Events

Homeschoolin' in the Home Range Ecology Day
Come learn about the plants, animals, and ecology of the Sandias!
Tuesday, July 22—Pre-registration required
9:15am to 2:15pm
Sandia Mountain Natural History Center

Voices in Science Lecture
Natural History of Bats: New Ways to Discover Their World
William L. Gannon, Ph.D.
Tuesday, July 29
7:00pm in the DynaTheater
$2 public, $1 members/students/seniors

Watercolor Field Sketching
with visiting artist Cynthia Padilla
Friday, August 1 and Saturday, August 2
10:00am to 3:00pm
$175 members; $200 non-members

First Friday Fractals
Friday, August 1
Shows at 6:00pm, 7:00pm, 8:00pm, 9:00pm
Please Note: tickets only available online.

First Saturday Series at the SMNHC
Saturday, August 2
9:00am to 3:00pm
Orienteering from 10:00am to 11:00am
Sandia Mountain Natural History Center

Public Lecture
Natural History of Cougars in New Mexico
Travis Perry, Ph.D.
Tuesday, August 5
7:00pm in the DynaTheater
$2 public, $1 members/students/seniors