[NMScience] Feb events at Museum

[Morris, Tish, DCA]

Voices in Science Lecture Series--Mars and Ivory-billed Woodpeckers!


Five Years on Mars <http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/calendar.html#0210> 

Larry Crumpler, Ph.D.

Tuesday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m.

 

Dr. Crumpler has been a Scientist on the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission though its entire 5 years on Mars.  Those two golf-cart-sized rovers have traveled several miles across the surface, looking at the terrain on opposite sides of the planet. This is the first true geologic exploration of another planet. "Opportunity" has explored a large impact crater; "Spirit" has climbed a mountain. Both have shown there was water in Mars' ancient geologic history. They have been working for five years-way beyond the expectations of their designers, and now, we can actually track the Rovers as they move across the planet with new images from the HiRISE orbiter.  

 Dr. Larry Crumpler is Research Curator at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.  He is a Scientist on the NASA-Mars Exploration Rover Mission and on HiRISE, part of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is now providing high-resolution images of Mars.

Admission is $7 adults, $6 members/seniors and $4 students

Purchase in advance to guarantee your seats @ www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org <http://www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org/>   or at the door (if available) before the talk.

 
The Call of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker 
-Rediscovering the Holy Grail of Birds <http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/calendar.html#0218> -

Bobby R. Harrison and Tim Gallagher

Wednesday, February 18 at 7:00 p.m.

 For more than 60 years, every potential sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker was met with ridicule and scorn. Bobby Harrison and Tim Gallagher refused to accept the grim conclusion of most scientists that the ivory-bill was extinct. A 1972 report started them both on a life-long quest to find the phantom of the bayou. Their story is a first hand account of its rediscovery, a story that you will not want to miss.

Bobby Harrison is the founder and president of the newly established Ivory-billed Woodpecker Foundation Inc., dedicated to locating, recovery, protection, management, preservation and conservation of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Tim Gallagher is a lifelong bird fanatic. An award-winning writer and photographer, he is editor-in-chief of Living Bird magazine. He is the author of Wild Bird Photography, Parts Unknown, and The Grail Bird.

Admission is $7 adults, $6 members/seniors and $4 students

Purchase in advance to guarantee your seats @ www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org <http://www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org/>   or at the door (if available) before the talk.

 


Evolving A Genius: The Extraordinary Early Life of Charles Darwin <http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/calendar.html#0305>  


--a special talk to honor the 200th birthday of naturalist Charles Darwin. 

Doug Schwartz, Ph.D.

Thursday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m.

Charles Darwin was an indifferent student well into his undergraduate years at the universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge. Given this undistinguished background, how did he become transformed into a man of exceptional intellectual insight and produce a theory so powerful that it dramatically altered our view of the living world? Dr. Schwartz traces the unique set of events that ultimately laid the foundation for Darwin's distinctive genius.

Dr. Schwartz, is an archaeologist by profession, former President and current Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, President of the Society of American Archeology and Chairman of the Jane Goodall African Wildlife Institute. He has had a long-term research interest in the origins of Charles Darwin's creativity 

Free.  Contact Chris Sanchez for more information at 505-841-2872

Sponsored by First National Bank of Santa Fe

 

 
Mysteries of the Dark Universe <http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/calendar.html#0327> 

Edward Kolb, Ph.D.

Friday, March 27 at  7:00 p.m.

Ninety-five percent of the universe is missing! Astronomical observations suggest that most of the mass of the universe is in a mysterious form called dark matter and most of the energy in the universe is in an even more mysterious form called dark energy. Unlocking the secrets of dark matter and dark energy will illuminate the nature of space and time and connect the quantum with the cosmos. 

Edward "Rocky" Kolb is the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics and chair of the Astronomy and Astrophysics department at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Enrico Fermi Institute and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. In 1983 he founded the Theoretical Astrophysics Group and in 2004 was the founding director of the Partical Astrophysics Center at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Admission is $12 adults, $10 members/seniors and $5 students

Guarantee your seats by purchasing in advance at   www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org <http://www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org/> 

 



Museum Collections Tours


Behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum's collections

 

Geoscience tour: visit the Museum's prep lab facilities; see the largest collection of fossils in New Mexico.

Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.   --    February 6 (first Fridays)

 

Bioscience tour: visit an amazing collection of insects, plants, mammals, mollusks, and birds. All children must be above age 7 and accompanied by an adult.

Time: 11 a.m. to noon   --   February 20 (3rd Fridays)

 

Free with museum admission

No food, drink, or strollers allowed on tours. Tours begin promptly at the Information Desk in the lobby of the Museum. Reservations are welcome: call 505-841-2837.

 

Other Events

 

Fishing with Mike Sanchez, Naturalist Center Curator <http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/calendar.html#0319> 

Thursday, March 19th

9:30 AM in the Multi-Purpose Room

Curator's Coffee: a café style program: Join the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science for a casual discussion followed by a themed tour led by Museum staff. Meet the behind-the-scenes scientists, artists, and naturalists whose ongoing contributions are invaluable to the Museum. Be among the first to hear about recent discoveries and current research, learn from the experts first-hand, and experience the Museum in a new way.

Fish with lungs?  Fish with scales like a coat of armor?  Fish with no bones at all?  Among the fossils, rocks, and minerals of the Museum are numerous amazing living exhibits including such peculiar creatures as the African lungfish and spotted gar.  Come visit these and other fascinating fish and learn more about them and what they have to say about New Mexico's past.  Enjoy an informal lecture and walking tour of the living exhibits with amazing biologist and Naturalist Center Curator, Mike Sanchez.

 

Cost: $3 for Museum members, $7 for non-members. 

Program is limited to 20 people and includes coffee, light refreshments, and museum admission.

Contact August to reserve your space at 841-2861 or email programs.NMMNHS at state.nm.us <mailto:programs.NMMNHS at state.nm.us> 

 

 

Members' Excursion to the Very Large Array <http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/calendar.html#0220> 

8:30 AM-6:00 PM.

Departing the Museum in a comfortable motor coach, we will pass majestic mountains and towering pines before stopping for lunch in the historic frontier town of Magdalena. Weather conditions are variable. Arriving at the VLA Visitor Center, we will be met by Judy Stanley, the VLA Education Officer, who will lead us on an in-depth, guided tour of the world-famous astronomical facility. We will observe the 27 giant dish antennas as they search the universe for important astronomical information. The tour is an easy 1/4 mile walk or a driving tour can be arranged. We will return to the Museum by 6:00 PM.  Trip size is limited and open to adults and children 12 or over when accompanied by an adult.

 

$60.00 Members and $75.00 Non-members

Price includes transportation, lunch, the tour and a snack on the way home. Meet in the Museum lobby for a light breakfast at 8:00am.

For more information please visit the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation website at www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org <http://www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org/> .

To reserve a place, please call (505) 841-5970 or contact judith at naturalhistoryfoundation.org <mailto:judith at naturalhistoryfoundation.org> 

 

 

First Friday Fractals at the Planetarium <http://www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org/fractalsrock.html> 

Friday February 6 at 6:00, 7:00 and 8:00

 

The first Friday of every month, First Friday Fractals takes audiences on a journey through the infinitely complex patterns known as fractals. Suitable for all ages, these live, narrated shows explore the fractal patterns in nature, as well as showing how math can become incredibly beautiful.  Seating is General Admission. Advance tickets are available online only and remaining tickets, if any, are available at the Museum Membership Desk prior to the event.  Doors open at 5:15 p.m. All tickets must be picked up no later than 10 (ten) minutes prior to show time. Due to the darkness of the Planetarium, late seating is never permitted.

Click here to purchase tickets to First Friday Fractals 
<http://www.museumtix.com/venue/program.asp?vid=713&pid=1352019> 

 

Tish Morris
Senior Education Specialist
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1801 Mountain Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-841-2882
tish.morris at state.nm.us
www.NMnaturalhistory.org



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