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In 2017, the museum moved onto the Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) campus, and expanded its focus to incorporate local history, as well as archaeology on a broad scale. Exhibits now include descriptions of archaeological work, different archaeological sites, cultural complexes, and scientific methods, among other topics.
The purpose of the museum is to educate the public about the diversity of life while emphasizing the natural heritage of eastern New Mexico and the greater Southwest, particularly the Llano Estacado. Formerly known as the Eastern New Mexico University Natural History Museum, the museum was renamed and dedicated to Dr. Gennaro in spring 2016. [10]
Multiple. Includes five separate state-run museums: New Mexico Museum of Art, Palace of the Governors, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, New Mexico History Museum; also six separate New Mexico State Monuments. Museum of Southwestern Biology.
The ruins of Salmon Pueblo were excavated between 1970 and 1979, under the direction of Cynthia Irwin-Williams of Eastern New Mexico University in partnership with the San Juan County Museum Association (Irwin-Williams 2006, p. 17-27). The San Juan Valley Archaeological Program resulted in the excavation of slightly more than one-third of ...
Each fall, as a rite of passage, new students climb W Mountain and paint the W during the first week of the new school year. University museum. Housed in Fleming Hall, the WNMU Museum is home to the largest permanent collection of Mimbres pottery in the world.
During the Jurassic New Mexico had a relatively dry climate and was home to dinosaurs such as Allosaurus, Stegosaurus, and the huge long-necked sauropods. Seawater covered eastern New Mexico during the Cretaceous, while on land dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurs, maintained their dominance.
Apr. 23—ALBUQUERQUE — Eastern New Mexico University's track teams competed in their penultimate meet of the regular season in Friday's Don Kirby Tailwind Open at the University of New Mexico.
The Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame is a museum near Hobbs, New Mexico. It features exhibits depicting the history of the Llano Estacado region of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas.
May 11—Early numbers for enrollment are up this summer and this fall at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. The news came from ENMU Chancellor and President James Johnston in a ...
The central campus is home to four museums: the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in the anthropology building, the Silver Family Geology Museum and the Meteorite Museum which are located in Northrop Hall, the Museum of Southwestern Biology in the CERIA building, and the University Art Museum in the Center for the Arts.