Old Town Holiday Stroll
The City of Albuquerques Old Town Holiday Stroll is returning on Dec. 2 after a two-year hiatus, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is thrilled to be part of the festivities!
Stop by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science that evening between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. for treats, live entertainment, fractals, and even a visit from Santa!
Check out popular exhibitions like Roving With Perseverance and Chocolate: The Exhibition after hours. Additionally, the Museums unique First Friday Fractals shows will be taking place in the Planetarium hourly from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. And dont miss the chance to visit and take photos with Santa Claus upstairs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Museums Sandia Room.
The Museums gift shop, NatureWorks, will be open as well to help you shop for the science-lovers on your gift list this year. NatureWorks will have biscochitos available, and snack bags on sale for $5. Admission to the Museum that evening will be by donation.
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Prehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct, research suggests.
For the first 10 million years after dinosaurs died out, mammals prioritised boosting their body size to adapt to radical shifts in the make-up of Earth’s animal kingdom, researchers say. Read more
The Future Of Science Museums
On September 25, the museum hosted a virtual summit on the future of natural history institutions as part of the museum’s strategic planning process. Administrators from prominent institutions around the country made comments about their facilitys response to the pandemic and how that will influence programming from now on. Read some significant quotes in the information release linked here and watch the entire presentation.
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Dr Crumpler Joins Perseverance Mission
Those who follow the museum’s programs know that Larry Crumpler was part of the Mars Opportunity rover mission and previewed discoveries from the Red Planet for visitors to our museum and website for almost 15 years. We have exciting news: Dr. Crumpler has just been selected as a scientist for the Mars Perseverance mission! After the new rover lands in February, 2021, you can expect to continue enjoying exclusive access to new discoveries! Read more by clicking here.
Exploring The Art And Science Of Sound
The Jamming Room Exterior. The urban environment offers a colorful graffiti mural and neon lighting. Courtesy Science Museum of Minnesota.
Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase the call of the wild, youll be jamming to the art and science of sound at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science . Wild Music: Sounds & Songs of Life is a highly interactive new exhibition exploring evidence for the biological origins of music. This exhibition runs June 24 through January 7, 2018.
People everywhere sing and dance, but this exhibition reveals the musical aspects of the earth and other species: whales compose, bullfrogs chorus, and songbirds greet the dawn. Through environmental soundscapes, exhibits, and listening experiences, Wild Music visitors explore natures score and expand their understanding of what makes music.
From trumpeting swans to singing whales, nature is filled with music, says museum director Margie Marino. Wild Music allows visitors of all ages and abilities to hum, drum, and play through a magical, musical world.
Wild Music highlights:
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is open every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $8 Adults , $7 Seniors , $5 Children . Free Admission to NM residents with ID on the first Sunday of the month and every Wednesday to NM Seniors with ID.
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The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is a natural history and science museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico near Old Town Albuquerque. The Museum was founded in 1986. It operates as a public revenue facility of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
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In addition, mission personnel will hold a short presentation in the planetarium each day at 1 p.m.
We do a lot of space sciences and participate in the ongoing missions, Crumpler said about the museum. Were trying to reach the maximum number of sciences and introduce the public and kids to more things than just ancient life and fossils.
Saturdays event at the museum gets a little sweeter as well. Visitors can partake of chocolate samples as part of Sweet Saturdays, an installment of the current Chocolate: The Exhibition traveling exhibit that has been housed at the museum since the summer.
Roving with Perseverance will be on display at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science through June 5, 2023.
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New Mexico’s Most Visited Museum
Seismosaurus and Saurophaganax in “Age of Super Giants” exhibition.
Just minutes away from Albuquerques lively Old Town Plaza, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science takes you on a journey through New Mexicos past, from the formation of the universe to the present. This interactive, high-tech museum features an active volcano, Ice Age cave, and dinosaurs galore, including the enormous Tyrannosaurus rex and Seismosaurus.
The museums popular exhibition, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, is the only Triassic hall in North America.
The Planetarium and Lockheed Martin DynaTheater are exciting detours on journeys through the museum, which also includes a cafe and the Natureworks Discovery Store.
