New Mexico Museums Get Hands-On
MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES are reaching beyond their walls to attract new audiences, spark young minds, and spread the enchantment. “These programs bring our collections to life and make every visit…
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Tag: New Mexico Museum of Space History
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Have a wild weekend. Step into a village frozen in time for Old Lincoln Days and The Last Escape of Billy the Kid pageant. The village of Lincoln is the state’s most visited historic site, and for a…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Picture Route 66. On Sunday, a new exhibition takes over the open-air gallery at Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza. Sunday on Central Avenue features nine works by three photographers— Gabriela Campos…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Enjoy the strange. The Oddities & Curiosities Expo, the largest subculture and oddities fest in the world, comes to Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque this weekend. “If you’re into Halloween, you’re…
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Follow New Mexico's Space Trail
AS I WALK THROUGH SHADOWS CAST by golden-age behemoths at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, it’s easy to imagine the awe these marvels inspired in the early days. Even now, more than a…
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Close Encounters of the Space Kind
NO, WE’RE NOT CLOSE to having Scotty beam us up in the Enterprise transporter system like on Star Trek, but some of the otherworldly objects of science fiction aren’t so alien in the real world today…
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Ham the Astrochimp's Journey into Space
AT THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF SPACE HISTORY, in Alamogordo, visitors leave bananas on the gravestone of Ham the Astrochimp as a tribute to the first great ape who was launched into space. “Before an…
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Alamogordo Keeps on Food Truckin’
JUST 20 MINUTES FROM WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK, Alamogordo is a hot spot for family getaways and Southwestern road trips. Visitors to this Tularosa Basin town can take in its historic charm…
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Break Out for Family Fun
STEAM TEAM The Inspiration: At Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return, parents can indulge their kids’ curiosities at Santa Fe’s 70-room immersive art experience. Step into the refrigerator, duck under…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Elevate your weekend. The La Mesa Airfield in Ratón hosts the International Santa Fe Trail Balloon Rally this weekend. Balloons lift off daily at 6:30 a.m. Saturday through Monday. The Ratón Elks…
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