Museum of Nature and Science
The Las Cruces Museum of Natural History is moving! The museum will be relocating to a new location downtown, next to the Museum of Art and the Branigan Cultural Center. The new museum will be called the Museum of Nature & Science (MoNaS) and its new mission will be to "inspire curiosity about the sciences, facilitate lifelong learning, and promote stewardship of the natural environment of the Chihuahuan Desert and southern New Mexico." The new museum is projected to open early November, 2012.
The museum is being developed in accordance with the latest environmentally sound "green" principles with the goal of LEED certification at the silver level. These elements will be interpreted within the museum, making the building itself an exhibit about sustainability.
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The new museum will reuse the former Bank of the Rio Grande building at 411 N. Main Street,
pictured here before construction and in March 2012. |
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