WHAT: Dig Giusewa. WHERE: Jemez Historic Site, 18160 Hwy 4, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. WHEN: Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday between August 16 and October 6, 9AM – 3PM. DESCRIPTION: Explore the ruins of Giusewa Pueblo with archaeologists from New Mexico Historic Sites and Native American tribal members from Jemez Pueblo. Watch as they […]
Discover design thinking and how to apply it to learn more about user needs and develop more delightful, useable, and effective products, services, and systems. Lecturer Hugh Dubberly of Dubberly Design Office, San Francisco, with a list of clients that includes some of largest corporations including Amazon, Ebay, Facebook, Google, and McDonalds. Dubberly has also taught design courses at Carnegie […]
Since the end of the nineteenth century, when some of the first academically trained artists began to settle in Taos, later forming the Taos Society of Artists, New Mexico has continued to provide fertile ground for artists to gather together and create a forum for their individual visions. The role of artist communities in New […]
Almost 800 people learned the latest information about Pluto and the New Horizon mission during PlutoPalooza hosted by the museum Sept. 21 & 22. The scientists and engineers from NASA have left, but the informational handouts, hands-on activities, and videos they brought will be used once more for the $5 First Friday event October 5, […]
Picturing the Past will feature juried selections from dozens of works submitted by paleo-artists working across the globe. The subjects span the range of life on this planet, from trilobites to dinosaurs to sabretooth cats, in paintings and sculptures and digital models. The museum’s collection of paleoart will also be highlighted, with important examples of […]
Presented by the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, the 18th annual New Mexico Archaeology Fair is a chance for children and adults to participate in hands-on demonstrations and activities associated with cultures that trace their origins back thousands of years. These include yucca fiber bracelet making, painting with bee weed, corn grinding, atlatl throwing, and […]
Join Science educators Liz Martineau and Gordon McDonough for a show that compares and contrasts magic tricks and science processes. Experience some hands-on activities to practice scientific magic of your own! Free with admission, New Mexico residents free first Sunday of the month.
Star-gazing at Jemez Historic Site as the - moon is a waxing crescent. Enjoy Native American story telling and the views through multiple telescopes, provided and operated the Albuquerque Astronomy Club. Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated. Call 575-829-3530 for more information.
Join Martin Pfeiffer, MA, from the University of New Mexico, for a talk, as he explores new perspectives on the historical and ongoing presence of the national laboratories in New Mexico. Free Auditorium event-bottled water only please
New York times best selling author Steve Brusatte a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and a specialist on the evolution of dinosaurs will be on hand for a special one night lecture and to sign his book The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs. The lecture promptly starts at 7pm and is a limited seating […]
In advance of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology convention, NMMNHS plans to revisit its extensive collection with a new, Back to Bones exhibition, highlighting some of its most spectacular vertebrate fossils – the result of over 30 years of collecting efforts. The exhibit will be up for at least a year starting on or about […]
Join paleontologists, educators, and life long learners in fossil-related events and activities across the country in parks, classrooms, and online during National Fossil Day. National Fossil Day is an annual celebration held to highlight the scientific and educational value of paleontology and the importance of preserving fossils for future generations.
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