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Visitors to the Museum will thrill to find themselves face to face with the gaping maw of the second largest T. rex ever found, in full attack mode, as they round the corner of the Museum Atrium.

Stan is a Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the largest predatory dinosaurs of all time. He was a powerful, agile, bipedal killing machine. Forty feet long and 12 feet high at the hips, Stan weighed roughly 6 tons and hunted with an acute sense of smell, 3-D vision, and great speed powered by huge and muscular hind legs.

The sky, summer reading, acequias, gardening and dead heading—all the wonderful things about a summer in New Mexico are part of the short talks for May and June. Learn more about dinosaurs, extinctions, the Greeks, art and numbering systems. Museum scientists, educators, and other staff offer short talks every Tuesday and Thursday. Free with admission, the talks begin promptly at 2 p.m. and are 15 minutes in length. Don't miss the session on May 8 when you can bring in the fossils you have found and have them identified. Even if you visit the Museum often and know it well, this is an opportunity to learn something new and meet staff members. Location for each short talk will be announced in the Museum immediately prior to the talk.

Ending time is at 3:00 pm.

Enchanted Skies - 11:00am & 3:00pm

Enchanted Skies
Travel through the digital universe with our state-of-the-art 3D immersive reality tools and astronomical data and fly through the cosmos in stunning detail. Learn about the constellations and current celestial events in tonight's beautiful New Mexico sky. Explore our solar system and travel to the stars and beyond to see the universe as never before.

It's About Time - Noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm

First Friday Fractals is back!
Every Friday in August beginning Friday, August 3.
Advance tickets will be available online early in the week of July 30.

For more information about the Planetarium call
(505) 841-2800

First Friday Fractals is back!
Every Friday in August beginning Friday, August 3.
Advance tickets will be available online early in the week of July 30.

It's About Time:
Ditch the rocket to travel serenely into outer space on a Space Elevator and explore the latest theories for the future of space exploration. A live introduction explores how Earthlings are affected by astronomical time cycles.

9:00am–3:00pm is Plant Identification; Sandia Mountain Nat. Hist. Center.

10:00am–3:00pm
Field Sketching Plein Air

The sky, summer reading, acequias, gardening and dead heading—all the wonderful things about a summer in New Mexico are part of the short talks for May and June. Learn more about dinosaurs, extinctions, the Greeks, art and numbering systems. Museum scientists, educators, and other staff offer short talks every Tuesday and Thursday. Free with admission, the talks begin promptly at 2 p.m. and are 15 minutes in length. Don't miss the session on May 8 when you can bring in the fossils you have found and have them identified. Even if you visit the Museum often and know it well, this is an opportunity to learn something new and meet staff members. Location for each short talk will be announced in the Museum immediately prior to the talk.

The sky, summer reading, acequias, gardening and dead heading—all the wonderful things about a summer in New Mexico are part of the short talks for May and June. Learn more about dinosaurs, extinctions, the Greeks, art and numbering systems. Museum scientists, educators, and other staff offer short talks every Tuesday and Thursday. Free with admission, the talks begin promptly at 2 p.m. and are 15 minutes in length. Don't miss the session on May 8 when you can bring in the fossils you have found and have them identified. Even if you visit the Museum often and know it well, this is an opportunity to learn something new and meet staff members. Location for each short talk will be announced in the Museum immediately prior to the talk.

The sky, summer reading, acequias, gardening and dead heading—all the wonderful things about a summer in New Mexico are part of the short talks for May and June. Learn more about dinosaurs, extinctions, the Greeks, art and numbering systems. Museum scientists, educators, and other staff offer short talks every Tuesday and Thursday. Free with admission, the talks begin promptly at 2 p.m. and are 15 minutes in length. Don't miss the session on May 8 when you can bring in the fossils you have found and have them identified. Even if you visit the Museum often and know it well, this is an opportunity to learn something new and meet staff members. Location for each short talk will be announced in the Museum immediately prior to the talk.