Nurture your little one’s love of science! Investigate nature and science through hands-on explorations, stories, and crafts. Adult caregiver participation is required. Ages: 2-5 Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes for 9am, No for 10am Location: Museum of Nature & Science Classroom
Explore culture, history, and more at the Las Cruces Museum System's guest speaker series where we discover more about what it means to live in New Mexico! Listen to presentations and share meaningful conversations as we bring the community engaging stories and information. Ages: 18+ Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Branigan cultural Center and Zoom. Email [email protected] for the link.
Explore the 3.5-billion-year odyssey of life with a geologist and real fossil specimens. Visit the station in the gallery and discover something new in the fossil record. Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Museum of Nature & Science
Explore a current or recent museum topic through a fun, family-friendly art project. This is a drop-in program and supplies will be provided. Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Museum of Nature & Science Atrium
Have you wondered how historians investigate the past, what resources they use, or what questions they ask? Find out with new, historic sources every month in a 30-minute program with optional 15 minutes for questions if needed. Ages: 18+ Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Railroad Museum
Join us as we introduce you to a different resident of the Chihuahuan Desert and get up close and personal with the animals we share our desert with each month. Learn about the tracks they leave, the sounds they make, and ways to help with their conservation. Ages: All Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Museum of Nature & Science
Started as a way for people to share their interests in Science Fiction, the simple Zine will now hold the stories and images of your favorite Cryptids. Using sketches and notes you’ll learn how to create your own extraordinary tale of what creeps through the forest and bumps in the night. Ages: 13+ Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes, Space is Limited Location: Branigan Cultural Center
Cryptid Zines started as a way for people to share their interests in Science Fiction, the simple Zine will now hold the stories and images of your favorite Cryptids. Using sketches and notes you'll learn how to create your own extraordinary tale of what creeps through the forest and bumps in the night. Ages: 13+ Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes, Space is Limited. Location: Branigan Cultural Cener
Come study how the railroads and other transportation systems came to be and why they operate as they do! This program will make the geometry and physics of the railroad come to life. Ages: 9+ Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Railroad Museum
Come study how the railroads and other transportation systems came to be and why they operate as they do! This program will make the geometry and physics of the railroad come to life. Ages: 9+ Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Railroad Museum
Have dinner with a scientist and team up with STEM experts for monthly discussions with our guest scientists. Join the Museum of Nature & Science at the Frank O'Brien Papen Center and learn with engaging hands-on activities! Ages: 13-17 Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Frank O'Brien Papen Center
What better way is there to discuss death than over cake and a hot beverage? Join us in a series of Death Cafes, which offer a safe space for people to have open discussions about death while enjoying a slice of cake and a hot beverage. Ages: 18+ Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Branigan Cultural Center
Nurture your little one’s love of science! Investigate nature and science through hands-on explorations, stories, and crafts. Adult caregiver participation is required. Ages: 2-5 Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes for 9am, No for 10am Location: Museum of Nature & Science Classroom
Nurture your little one’s love of science! Investigate nature and science through hands-on explorations, stories, and crafts. Adult caregiver participation is required. Ages: 2-5 Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes for 9am, No for 10am Location: Museum of Nature & Science Classroom
Drop in to make artist trading cards, like Swiss artist M. Vänçi Stirnemann, who started this collaborative art project in 1997. World-wide now people make unique pocket-sized works of art that you can collect and trade with other artists! Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Museum of Nature & Science Atrium
