NMSU University Museum

10/12/2026

We are holding the 2nd annual Nightmare at the Museums event on Friday, October 30, 6-9 pm. Join us for spooky stories, a genuinely scary haunted lab, lots of creepy collections, a costume contest, a scavenger hunt, and much more! 🎃
Tickets are $13, and kids (12 and under) and NMSU students (with IDs) get in free! This event benefits the NMSU Museums and Collections.

10/02/2026

Day 3!
I especially love our shadow spelling of N M Z? U. Go aggies!

10/02/2026

Stay tuned for a spoooky announcement!

10/02/2026

Field trip, day 2!

10/01/2026

Museum students in the field! (On a field trip.)

09/28/2026

First you met our undergrads, now meet our graduate students! Here are some of the incredible graduate assistants doing research and work for the museum!

09/24/2026

Dr. Para is in the spotlight!

Heather Para joined NMSU in 2024 as the curator of the University Museum in Kent Hall, which is an extension of the Department of Anthropology. She also teaches classes in museum studies. Para...

09/08/2026

Along with the start of the semester we have our work study students back in the museum! With some new and some old faces, meet our current workers and most importantly learn what to ask them about if they're working the desk when you visit!

06/26/2026

Congratulations to our incredible Alejandra Maese-Mora for a successfully defended Master's thesis, "Death of Curiosity? From Cabinets of Curiosity to University Museums". This thesis (and its accompanying exhibit, located on the ground floor east gallery of the museum) challenges perceptions about museums and the artifacts within them. Alejandra has been an absolute force of nature in the museum for the last two years. She has worked on two grant projects and three of the four current exhibits. Beyond that, she knows exactly where everything is, and how everything works in the building. She is leaving big shoes to fill here, and we are anticipating big, wondrous things from her in the future! Well done, Ale!!! (please note: mummy is artificial)

06/26/2026

Congratulations to Samantha Nava, who defended her MA thesis yesterday! Her thesis, "Stories of Querencia from San Miguel del Bado,” uses oral history interviews to understand how heirs of the San Miguel del Bado Land Grant maintain their sense of connection to that place. Samantha is an essential part of the NMSU University Museum team, and is currently working on a grant-funded project to develop bilingual interpretive material. We will miss her when she leaves us in the fall, but are excited to see what she does next!