New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

 

Geoscience

The Geoscience wing of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science conducts research geology and paleontology, and maintains the Museum's extensive fossil and mineralogical collections.

Collecting Fossils
Collecting Fossils
Learn how researchers at the Museum collect the fossils used for research and display.
Volcanoes of New Mexico
Volcanoes of New Mexico
Our state is one of the best places in the world to study the natural history of volcanoes. Discover the volcanoes of New Mexico.
Paleo-Database
Paleo-Database
Examine the Museum's paleontology collections with this database, developed as a partnership project between the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science and the New Mexico Bureau of Land Management.