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New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science The ancient past comes to life! VISION STATEMENT

We inspire a greater appreciation, understanding and stewardship of science and our natural world.

MISSION STATEMENT

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science preserves and interprets the distinctive natural and scientific heritage of our state through extraordinary collections, research, exhibits and programs designed to ignite a passion for lifelong learning. CORE VALUES

Respect for Others – Honesty, Integrity, and a Sense of Pride – Quality and Excellence as Standards – Team Work and Collaboration


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Mark your calendars: we're celebrating the museum's 40th Anniversary on Saturday, November 7th!Stop by and enjoy free Pl...
10/21/2026

Mark your calendars: we're celebrating the museum's 40th Anniversary on Saturday, November 7th!

Stop by and enjoy free Planetarium and Dynatheater shows, dinosaur giveaways, a scavenger hunt, and much more. Join us as we celebrate four decades exploring New Mexico's natural and scientific wonders, and party like it's 1986!

Get ready for spooky facts over the next three Mondays.Spooky Fact #1!Tarantulas don’t spin webs to trap their prey, th...
10/19/2026

Get ready for spooky facts over the next three Mondays.

Spooky Fact #1!

Tarantulas don’t spin webs to trap their prey, they catch prey with their legs and inject venom that paralyzes it. The tarantula then secretes a digestive enzyme that liquifies the prey so they can drink it through their straw-like mouths.

Yuck!

10/15/2026

The Rio Grande is one of America's most threatened rivers and much of it runs through New Mexico. In this series of videos Paul from Sandia Mountain Natural History Center will be looking at the the science, places, and people that make this river so special.

To watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q5l52HSAGRI

10/08/2026

Paul from Sandia Mountain Natural History Center found something both strange and inspiring while riding in the Manzanita Mountains.

To watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-tog0FmvuYk

10/01/2026

Las Huertas Creek is the only continually flowing water in the Sandia Mountains and creates a very lush pocket in an otherwise very dry mountain range. Join Paul from Sandia Mountain Natural History Center to check it out.

To watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2ZVsh0CQ3uM

Have you checked out the latest iteration of the Nikon Small World exhibit on our second floor? The annual Nikon Small W...
09/30/2026

Have you checked out the latest iteration of the Nikon Small World exhibit on our second floor? The annual Nikon Small World Competition has become a leading showcase for photomicrographers from the widest range of scientific disciplines.

Come see the 20 award-winning photomicrographs from last year's competition and unravel the world's tiniest mysteries, as viewed through a microscope! This exhibit is on view through November 30. Learn more at https://www.nmnaturalhistory.dca.nm.gov/exhibitions/

(Photo by Rogelio Moreno)

You might have noticed a new critter on display the first floor recently. Give a warm welcome to Mixodectes pungens!Mixo...
09/28/2026

You might have noticed a new critter on display the first floor recently. Give a warm welcome to Mixodectes pungens!

Mixodectes pungens (mik-so-DEK-teez PUN-jenz) lived during the early Paleocene Epoch, more than 60 million years ago. Mixodectes was part of an early group of tree-dwelling mammals that included primates like us! A nearly complete skeleton of Mixodectes found in New Mexico will be added to the display, giving us a rare and exciting peek into the early days of tree-dwelling mammals.

Check out Mixodectes on your next visit! And keep an eye out for some big changes to our hall of ancient mammals soon... đź‘€

Did you know?Bats are some of the coolest creatures to roam our planet and are very important to our ecosystems. Some be...
09/28/2026

Did you know?

Bats are some of the coolest creatures to roam our planet and are very important to our ecosystems. Some believe that bats are blind. But they can totally see. However, they don't rely only on eyesight to get around. In fact, they use sound to navigate the world around them. This is known as echolocation. When a bat makes a sound it bounces off of all surrounding matter and back to the bat. This can tell a bat how far or how close something is, whether or not it is moving, how slow or how fast it is moving and even the size of it.

Besides bats, dolphins, whales, a few nocturnal birds and only a handful of humans also use echolocation. WOW!

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1801 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque, NM
87104

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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(505) 841-2800

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