BRINGING IT HOME
Museum of Natural History & Science boosting online offerings
The staff at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science continues to create content online while stay-at-home orders are in effect.
In fact, some of the highlights include being able to view the movies screened at the planetarium.
Those movies include “The Little Star that Could,” “Legends of the Night Sky — Orion” and “Legends of the Night Sky — Perseus and Andromeda.”
“Of course, you won’t get the same feel as being in the dome theater,” says Jim Greenhouse, the museum’s space science coordinator. “There are plenty of opportunities to watch these amazing videos.”
While the museum has been closed for the past seven weeks, Greenhouse says, the renovation of the planetarium is moving forward.
Renovations on a few other exhibits are in the works.
“We’ve taken advantage to get caught up with the work we couldn’t get to on any given day,” he says. “It seems like we’re busier now.”
The museum also is presenting the program “Invite an Educator,” which is offered for teachers. Various topics for all grades and interests can be requested by teachers from museum experts as part of a virtual curriculum.
The topics include:
“Our Cosmic Address” — a fun lesson discussing our place in the universe using the latest images and discoveries.
“Tiny Titans” — about baby dinosaurs, using the objects and content of the on-site exhibit “Tiny Titans, Dinosaurs, Eggs, and Babies.”
“Ask a Paleontologist” — details are at the suggestion of the teacher.
“Meet the Bisti Beast” — a really cool big, meat-eating dinosaur, a cousin of T. rex, found in New Mexico. Includes images of the animatronic dinosaur Bella and scientific images of the actual skull found in the Bisti Badlands.
More information can be found at nmnaturalhistory. org.
Inside this week’s Venue are also reviews of Netflix’s latest films, “Becoming” and “Hollywood,” on Pages 4 and 6.
On Page 15 is an interview with a member of the duo Dos Gatos, the latest musical act featured in the Department of Cultural Affairs’ series “Our Fair New Mexico.”
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Onward to another week.
Respectfully, Adrian Gomez Venue editor