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

The Alps


The Alps
10 AM, Noon, 1 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM

Dinosaurs Alive!
11 AM, 3 PM

 

Planetarium

Enchanted Skies: The Digital Universe
11 AM, 3 PM

Earth's Wild Ride
Noon, 2 PM

Night of the Titanic
1 PM

Ticket sales stop 10 minutes before show times.

 
 

WHAT’S NEW

New lectures for Fall 2008.

We've added more information and images from our newest exhibit—Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Triassic New Mexico. View photos from the exhibit, learn about ammonites and other Triassic animals, or browse a gallery of illustrations created for the exhibit.

Learn all about New Mexico's State Fossil, the little dinosaur Coelophysis, at the newly assembled nmstatefossil.org.

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

EVENTS

Fall 2008 Calendar of Events

Please Note:
The Museum will be closed on non-holiday Mondays in September.

Tour of the Geoscience Collections
Friday, September 5
3 PM at the Information Desk
See the largest collection of fossils in New Mexico on this behind the scenes tour.
Free with admission, but space is limited.

First Friday Fractals
Friday, September 5
Shows at 6 PM, 7 PM, 8 PM, 9 PM
Please Note: tickets only available online.

First Saturday Series at the SMNHC
Saturday, September 6
9 AM to 3 PM
Guided Hikes from 10 AM to 11 AM
Sandia Mountain Natural History Center

Tour of the Bioscience Collections
Wednesday, September 17
11 AM at the Information Desk
See the Museum's plants, insects, birds, mammals, and mollusks on this behind the scenes tour.
Free with admission, but space is limited.

Tour of the Geoscience Collections
Friday, October 3
3 PM at the Information Desk
See the largest collection of fossils in New Mexico on this behind the scenes tour.
Free with admission, but space is limited.

First Friday Fractals
Friday, October 3
Shows at 6 PM, 7 PM, 8 PM, 9 PM
Please Note: tickets only available online.

Dinosaur Day
A Family Fun Day
Saturday, October 4
1 PM in the Atrium
Free with Museum Admission