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New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science to host community celebration before temporary closure
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science will be hosting a community 'closing celebration' on Aug. 3, one day before the museum is set to temporarily shut its doors for its first major renovation in decades.
Officials said they plan to make a new entrance including rebuilding the lobby, add a new ticket booth, expand the gift shop, refresh permanent exhibition halls, replace the skylights in the atrium and Cretaceous Hall and update the main sewer line.
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The 'Closing Celebration will take place at the museum from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature all-ages activities including face-painting, balloon animals, and more. Vistiors will also be able to catch a free show in the Verus Research DynaTheater or the Planetarium, and get their picture taken with the roaring Bisti Beast, Bonita, on the museum's 2nd floor.
The museum expects to open back up in March 2026, and plans to have a 40th anniversary celebration for the museum, which opened in 1986.
To learn more about the temporary closure of the museum on Aug. 4, click here.
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