Membership Matters

January & February 2024

Museum & Foundation Highlights

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Chocolate Fantasy is

Saturday February 3, 2024

Tickets are selling fast for the event of the year, the 32nd annual Chocolate Fantasy Deco and Decadence: The Roaring Twenties, presented by KPMG.

Chocolate Fantasy will be held on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Sandia Resort and Casino. This benefit for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation has become an unforgettable Albuquerque event, and tickets sell out every year. Get yours now!

Raffle Tickets Available Now

Get raffle tickets for a chance to win a Roberto Coin 18K Gold Bangle or a Tudor Black Bay 41, valued at $5,500 each. Two winners will be chosen, with the first winner getting their choice of the two prizes shown.

Winners will be drawn on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Chocolate Fantasy, but you do not need to purchase Chocolate Fantasy tickets to participate in the raffle, or be present to win.



Raffle tickets are $100 each and 1,000 raffle tickets are being made available. To secure your raffle ticket call 505.841.2805, or email mireland@naturalhistoryfoundation.org.

All proceeds benefit the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation. Winner is responsible for reporting and payment of all applicable federal and state taxes and raffle ticket is not tax-deductible.

Happening at the Museum

Bosque Education Guide Workshop

Thursday, January 4

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Young Explorers Winter Camps

January 2-5, 2024

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Dropoff begins at 8:45 a.m. and aftercare is available from 4-5 p.m.

Fall in Love with Science - Family Night

Friday, February 2

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

$5 per person.

Valentine's Day Adult Night

Friday, February 9

6:00 - 10:00 p.m.

$40 per person or 2 for $75.

Victoria Collins: A TyRUNner's Story

In the exhilarating world of running, speed and endurance often take center stage. For Victoria Collins, a seasoned athlete and dedicated PE teacher at Rio Rancho High School, the September 2023 TyRUNnosaurus race at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science was a testament to her unwavering commitment to fitness and health. Clocking an impressive 19:27, she claimed the top spot in the women's division, and sixth position overall.

Help Bring Traveling Exhibits to the Museum

Conserving America's Wildlands: The Vision of Ted Turner will be coming to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science for a limited-time run in May of 2024. This unique run of exhibition photographs will also feature fossils from the Museum's collection that were discovered on the Armendaris Ranch, a Turner property here in New Mexico.

Your support will help us bring this and other exciting exhibits to the Museum. Donate using the button below and your funds will go exclusively toward funding traveling exhibits.

If you are interested in sponsoring any of the 48 Rhett Turner photographs, please contact Ernest R. Naaz at 505.841.2838 or email: ernaaz@naturalhistoryfoundation.org.

Shop Tax-Free at NatureWorks

Shop for interesting items at NatureWorks Discovery Store any time during Museum open hours. Our natural history & science-based items are unique and memorable, and purchases at NatureWorks are always tax-free!

STEAM Trek Virtual Field Trips are Free Statewide

Thanks to our sponsors, STEAM Trek virtual field trips are free to school groups statewide, including public and private schools, charter schools, non-traditional schools, and home school groups.

Please share this email or the flyer below with an educator or school group you know today!

Showing in the Verus Research DynaTheater

On January 3, the enthralling film In Saturn's Rings will return to the Verus Research DynaTheater by popular demand for a limited-time engagement. Members can see it free on any Monday while it lasts!

In Saturn's Rings

Narrated by LeVar Burton, In Saturn’s Rings is a grand tour of the universe starring Saturn. 7.5 million mostly unseen images from the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn, Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Hubble Telescope are brought to life in a ground-breaking epic immersive journey across space and time. From the earliest images after the Big Bang to the final photographs Cassini took before plunging to die in Saturn’s clouds, In Saturn’s Rings is, like space exploration itself, a journey of the heart, mind and spirit that moves audiences with awe-inspiring images and powerful music.

Animal Kingdom 3D

Secrets of the Sea 3D

In Saturn's Rings