New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque, NM

After browsing around the Sculpture Garden outside the nearby Museum of Art and History, we had lunch at a nearby restaurant in Old Town and then made our way into the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science.

This is really a great museum and we enjoyed our visit. There were several middle school groups there that posed some disruptions to otherwise peaceful browsing of exhibits, etc. But, we reminded ourselves that the future of all museums rests squarely on the captured interests of young shoulders... and so it is always a good thing when children are visiting.

We watched the Imax 3-D show "Tiny Giants", a day in the life of a scorpion mouse and a chipmunk, and it was most excellent. The animations are done so well, it is about impossible to tell where the real creatures stop and the CGI begins. We were the only two people in the theater that were not part of a school group. As it turned out, we enjoyed the "oohs" and "aahs" from the kids, and their excitement at watching the show.

A visit to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is well worth the time. Highly recommended!

Welcome

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Seismosaurus

Pentaceratops Shull

Mosasaur

Diatryma