New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road Northwest, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104, (505) 841-2800. Space Frontiers: New Exhibit Launches May 15. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104.

ON DISPLAY

 
Gila River Now Open:
Free Flow
New Mexico’s Gila River
Astronaut Now Open:
Space Frontiers
Astronomy and Space Exploration in New Mexico
Being There Now Open:
Naturescapes 2009
Being There: Photographers in their Natural Habitat
Now Open:
Nikon Small World
Photomicrography Competition

NOW SHOWING

Lockheed Martin DynaTheater

The Alps

Grand Canyon Adventure
10 AM, Noon, 1 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM

The Alps
11 AM, 3 PM

 

Planetarium

Enchanted Skies: The Digital Universe
11 AM, 3 PM

Dawn of the Space Age
Noon, 1 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM

Ticket sales stop 10 minutes before show times.

 
 

WHAT’S NEW

The results of New Mexico's first BioBlitz.

Updated Calendar of Events for August

New lectures for Summer 2009.

New classes and field trips for Summer 2009.

EVENTS

Calendar of Events

First Saturday at the SMNHC
Saturday, July 4
9 AM to 3 PM
Sandia Mt. Natural History Center
This month: Compass Use and Geocaching

Geoscience Collections Tour
Friday, July 10
3 PM at the Information Desk
Behind-the-scenes tour of the largest fossil collection in New Mexico.
Free with paid admission.

Bioscience Collections Tour
Friday, July 17
11 AM at the Information Desk
Behind-the-scenes tour of our amazing collection of insects, plants, mammals, mollusks, and birds.
Free with paid admission.

Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research Trip
Saturday, July 18
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Field Trip to the Sevilleta with Scott Collins, Ph.D.
$50 public, $40 members

Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Project
Tuesday, July 21
8:00 AM to Noon
Field Trip to the Alameda/Rio Grande Open Space
$5 per participant

The Paleontology of New Mexico
A Voices in Science Lecture
by Barry Kues, Ph.D.
Tuesday, July 21
7:00 PM in the DynaTheater
$2 public, $1 members/seniors/students

First Saturday at the SMNHC
Saturday, August 1
9 AM to 3 PM
Sandia Mt. Natural History Center
This month: Animal Signs