Virtual Activities

Invertebrates

Desert Tarantula.

The Desert Hairy Scorpion. 

Amphibians

Woodhouse toad.

Axolotls, a member of the Salamander family.

Reptiles

Houdini is the Nature Center’s resident Great Plains Rat Snake that is nonvenomous. 

The Texas Banded Gecko is a species that is native to the Chihuahuan Desert.

Desert Millipede

The Desert Millipede can be found throughout Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. 

Turtles

Zilla, the snapping turtle is featured.

The Nature Center’s Western Painted Turtles enjoy a meal of shrimp.

A Big Bend Slider eats mice. 

This month Elizabeth eats a meal of mice. 

Elizabeth, the Spiny Softshell Turtle enjoys a meal of shrimp. 

The Nature Center’s Desert Box Turtle and Ornate Box Turtle eat a meal. 

Residents of the Nature Center’s community turtle tank enjoy a meal of shrimp.

Observe a Sonoran Mud Turtle using his long claws to help tackle a large piece of shrimp.

Everyone’s favorite snapping turtle, Zilla, enjoys a snack of frozen-thawed mice.

Red Spotted Toads

‘Kermit and Ms. Piggy’ enjoy a delicious spread of mealworms.

Snakes

Pueblan Milksnake is featured today.

Western Diamondback rattlesnake-taxidermy. 

Inga, the Hognose snake isn’t hungry today, watch her reaction. 

Houdini, a Great Plains Rat Snake.

The Nature Center shows a baby Mexican Black Kingsnake.

Candy Corn, the Nature Center’s Albino Variable Kingsnake is sweet and gentle. 

Nelly, a female Gopher Snake.

Granny, a Desert Kingsnake, is seen eating a mouse. Granny was hatched in captivity in 1988.

Granny, a Desert Kingsnake. 

Doughnut, the museum’s resident Variable Kingsnake uses his tongue to ‘taste the air’ to find his prey.

Sprinkles, an Arizona Mountain Kingsnake, is a little beauty on display. 

Amphibians and Lizards

Watch the Colorado River Toad’s back toes when prey has been spotted.

Red spotted toads feast on mealworms.

Taco, a Colorado River Toad eats mice. 

Ivan, the Gila Monster enjoys a meal of mice. 

Gary, the Collared Lizard enjoying his basking spot. 

Collared Lizards 

A New Mexico Spadefoot eats mealworms. 

The Nature Center’s resident Tiger Salamander and Woodhouse’s toad eat from a tray of mealworms. Watch an overzealous toad and one annoyed salamander together.  *No animals were harmed in the making of this video.

Dripping Springs

Garrett Leitermann tells stories of the area’s history and its famous residents. 

Modoc Hill

In the late 1800s and early 1900s the mill was used to process galena ore and other minerals. 

Van Patten Mountain Camp

Eugene Van Patten, one of the important city leaders of early Las Cruces, built a grand hotel and resort on this spot in the late 1800s. 

Boyd Property

In the early 1900s, Dr. Nathan Boyd constructed a number of cottages and open-air tent areas on site to accommodate resort visitors who sought the high-altitude of the Organs to treat their respiratory related illnesses, such as tuberculosis. 

Hayner / Cox Ranch

Built by the Hayner family in the late 1930s and used by the Cox Ranch.

“Finding Common Ground between Science and Humanity (Indigenous Perspectives) in Archaeology.”

The discussion features Anthropology Professors at New Mexico State University.

Cuban Art Dance

Enjoy a lecture with Ms Neri Torres of UTEP.

Esterio Segura

Enjoy a conversation with Esterio Segura.

Joan Mitchell, Abstract Expressionist Painter

Enjoy this fun art project.

Drip Painting

Make your own drip painting based on the work of Jackson Pollock. 

Franz Marc, Expressionist painter and printmaker

Make a drawing inspired by “Yellow Cow”

Expressionism

Use oil pastels and crayons to make your drawing.

Abstract Paintings

Use acrylics to create an abstract painting based on seasons and landscapes.

Abstract Paintings

Use watercolors to create an abstract painting based on scenery of a place you visited. 

Tell a Short Story

Write about a memorable experience from a trip and include a drawing to illustrate it.

Take a Journey through Art

Draw an outline of a State, Territory or Country and fill it in with places you’ve visited or would like to visit. 

Geometric Patterns

A fun art project weaving paper to make geometric patterns.

Geometric Patterns

Art based on tessellation. 

Charing Cross Bridge

Art activities based on the art of Claude Monet’s Charing Cross Bridge in London, England.

“Impression Sunrise”

We are highlighting the 1872 work of Claude Monet.

“The Magpie”

Highlighting the work of French artist Claude Monet. 

Land Art-Crop Circles

Make your own mini herb crop circle. 

Land Art-Painted Desert

Let’s “paint” our own desert with sand based on the Painted Desert in Arizona. 

Land Art-City of Rocks

Make your own rock city based on the City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico. 

Magic Realism-Cardboard Creatures

Make a cardboard creature based on the work of Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. 

Magic Realism-Art Scrolls

Make an art scroll based on the work of Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. 

Magic Realism-Bag Puppets

Make a bag puppet based on the work of American puppeteer Jim Henson. 

Magic Realism-Creature Drawings

Make a crazy creature based on the art of Swiss painter H. R. Giger.

Water Art-Sponge Painting

Make a sponge painting based on the work of Yves Klein.

Water Art-Bubble Painting

Bubble your way to a one-of-a-kind art piece.

Water Art-Paint Pouring

Let your creativity flow with paint pouring.

Water Art-Drip Painting

Make splashy paintings with water and food coloring.

Arte Povera-Synthetic

Make a piece of art using rubber and plastic.

Arte Povera-Nature

Make a piece of art using natural materials.

Arte Povera-Kitchen Stuff

Make a piece of art using items in your kitchen.

Arte Povera-Paper Scraps

Make a piece of art using bits of paper.

Cuban Art-Enrique Martinez Celaya

A fun and challenging activity for you to make at home.

Cuban Art-Pedro Pablo Oliva

A fun activity to do at home.

Cuban Art-Alain Pino

Instructions Here. 

Cuban Art-Atelier Morales

Your at home art adventure. 

Cuban Art-Miguel Florido

Have fun with this activity at home. 

Cuban Art – Rene Francisco

Enjoy a craft you can make at home.

Cuban Art – Frank Martinez

Instructions and materials to create your masterpiece are listed here. 

Cuban Art – Jose Bedia

For materials and instructions for your activity. 

Cuban Art-Lidzie Alvisa

Your art activity will be based on her 2005 diptych “Girasoles de Van Gogh”.

Cuban Art-Los Carpinteros

Your activity is based on their 2004 sculpture “Sandalia”. 

Cuban Art-Juan Carlos Rivera-Cintra.

A fun and challenging activity for you to make at home. 

Cuban Art-“Sin Titulo (Untitled)”

The featured art piece is Kcho’s 2003 drawing.  Instructions are listed here.

Shapes–Geometric

By focusing on Frank Stella’s 1967 art piece “Harran II” and its use of bold colors and geometric shapes you can create your own art.

Shapes–The Snail

We will focus on Henri Matisse’s 1953 art piece “The Snail” and its bizarre yet intricate use of colors and abstract shapes. 

Shapes–Abstract circles

Russian artist, Wassily Kandinsky will be the theme for this art activity.  Follow along with these instructions. 

Shapes–Dutch Art

For a fun activity, focus on the Dutch Art style known as De Stijl. 

Weather & Sky–Starry Night

Instructions to make your own art using inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh’s 1888 painting “Starry Night Over the Rhone”.

Weather & Sky–Snow

Focus on the snow and take inspiration from Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 “Landscape with Snow”.

Weather & Sky–Rain

Make your own arts and crafts from home, follow along with these graphics for the material list and instructions featuring the art of Vincent van Gogh, focusing on rain from his 1889 painting La Pluie (Rain).

Weather & Sky–Sun

Make your own arts and crafts from home, follow along with these graphics for the material list and instructions featuring the art of Vincent van Gogh, focusing on the sun from his 1888 painting, “The Sower”. 

Weather & Sky–Wind

Make your own arts and crafts from home, follow along with these graphics for the material list and instructions featuring the art of Vincent van Gogh, focusing on wind from his series of paintings titled, “Wheat Field with Cypresses”. 

“Historic Preservation and the Maintenance of Memory”

Troy Ainsworth, Ph.D., talks about Historic Preservation.

“The Great Locomotive Chase”

Heather Reed talks about “The Great Locomotive Chase”.

“Preservation of Las Cruces’ Historic Treasures”

Enjoy local expert, Troy Ainsworth, Ph.D. talk about Las Cruces’ Historic Treasures. 

Restoration of Phillips Chapel

Enjoy a lecture on the restoration of the Phillips Chapel in the Mesquite Historic District presented by Faith Hutson of DACC. 

“Victorio Peak: One Hundred Tons Of Gold Or Just One Hundred Tall Tales”

Enjoy a lecture with Jim Eckles.

Community Share

Community Share connects community members to teachers and projects in order to support education here in Las Cruces. 

LGBTQAI

Hear from LGBTQAI + members of the Las Cruces community about their lived experiences in our community.

LGBTQAI

Learn what rights you have, how to exercise them, and what to do when they are violated.

Multicultural Programming in the Classroom

Hear perspectives on the strategies for putting culture into classrooms across New Mexico. 

Education in New Mexico

Dr. Michelle Valverde, Dr. Dulcinea Lara, and youth activist Isabella Mary Baker define the path of education in New Mexico.

Know Your Rights-Students

Learn about students rights form the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Know Your Rights

Maria Coronado from ACLU of New Mexico presents a brief history of farmworker’s rights as well as tips for farmworkers, and all workers, to work safe and advocate for themselves within the law.

Paleo Puzzles

Keep thinking like a scientist while putting together pieces of the prehistoric puzzle. 

Trilobite Fossils

Put on your paleontologist hat and excavate fossils. 

Balloon Dinosaur

Think about the diversity of ancient animals while you create a balloon dinosaur. 

Salt Dough Fossil

Think about how fossils are formed while making salt-dough fossils in the kitchen.

Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta presents her powerful story and legacy.

Learn from youth that are migrant and seasonal farmworkers, dairy workers, and ranch workers as well as students and leaders on the New Mexico State University campus. They are part of the CAMP (college assistance for migrants program) at NMSU. 

Engage with the farmworker experience and the work being done for equality and protection of farmworkers here in our community.  

Faux Stained Glass

This activity is inspired by the themes of the “Geometric Aljamia”. 

Paper Pinwheels

In this activity you will learn to make a paper pinwheel based on the artwork “Geometric Aljamia”.

Paper Pyramid Ornaments

Make a fun art project featuring geometric patterns.

Papercut art

Learn to make two different pieces of art: a papercut and a print of the papercut.  Follow along with the video for the material list and instructions.

Three-dimensional art

Follow along for instructions to make your own piece of art. 

Geometric Shapes and Printmaking

Explore Geometric shapes and printmaking while you make an art project.

Sandy Rock Gardens

Make your own rock garden inspired by White Sands National Park and Emmitt Booher.

Dioramas

Make a diorama inspired by the topography and geography of Cuba. 

Nose Sculptures

Make a nose sculpture inspired by the art of Yoan Capote.

Storytelling

Tell a fun “what if” story about a decision you could have made in the past.

Dinosaur Discoveries-Stop Motion

Make a dinosaur themed stop motion puppet armature. 

Dinosaur Discoveries-Eggs

Make your own breakable dinosaur eggs.

Faux Stained Glass Jars

Decorate a colorful and crafty glass jar.

Watercolors-Father’s Day

Make a custom father’s day card with a watercolor painting.

Watercolors-Mother’s Day

Make a custom mother’s day card with a watercolor painting.

Watercolors-Ocean

Make an ocean themed watercolor painting. 

Watercolors-Desert

Make a desert themed watercolor painting.

Suitcase Diorama

Make a miniature suitcase diorama.  For instructions 

Shadow Box Scene

Create a miniature scenes in a shadow box inspired by White Sands National Park and the work of photographer Emmitt Booher. 

Coin Dishes

Make a coin dish inspired by the topography of White Sands National Park and the work of photographer Emmitt Booher. 

Cuban artist Carlos Alberto Montes de Oca.

Make a mixed media art piece.

Cuban artist Katiuska Saavedra Leyva.

Make a three-dimensional art piece.

Japanese orihon folding books

Make your own accordion book based on the traditional Japanese orihon folding books.

Art of Casting

Make your own crafty casts from plaster by following along with these instructions.

Faux Lava Lamps

Make a faux lava lamp based on an exhibition from the Las Cruces Museum of Art.

Pass the Story Game

Combine storytelling with illustration through the Pass the Story game.

Potato Battery

Build a produce battery.

Homopolar Motors

Build a homopolar motor.

Windmill

Build a model windmill and create enough electrical current to light a small LED bulb.

Digestion

Learn how your saliva kickstarts the process of digestion from your first bite.

Rain Guage

Set up a rain gauge at your house. 

Crystallization

Explore crystallization in your kitchen. 

Build a Robot that draws

Complete instructions here.

Dissect an Owl pellet

Learn about the digestive system of predatory birds.

Electroscope

Build an electroscope to observe the transfer of electrostatic charge.

Solar Oven

Make a melty treat with a homemade solar oven.

Ice Cream

Make your own ice cream by changing the physical properties of your ingredients.

Polymers

Use polymers to take your slime to the next level.  Adjust your recipe to make a bouncy ball.

Egg Dying

Dyeing eggs is a spring tradition kids of all ages look forward to.  Experiment with the water:vinegar ration to find the best method to get the colors you want.

Collections of the Las Cruces Museum System’s projects highlighted. 

Marine life from the Permian Period

The Paleozoic Trackways National Monument is right in our backyard and is home to both marine and trace fossils from this time.

Horseshoe crabs

These “moon-shaped traces” were made by horseshoe crabs digging. 

Undichna

A trace fossil found on fossilized prehistoric sea floors. 

Crinoids, or sea lilies

These marine animals live in shallow water and filter feed on plankton. 

Brachiopods

These shelled animals live on the seabed in cold and tropical waters.

Gallery Tour

Enjoy a virtual gallery tour.

Quasi-crystalline Geometry in Islamic Art and Architecture

Join guest speaker Dr. Rima Ajlouni.

Nakayama Farm

Peggy Swoveland, the granddaughter of the founder of the farm, explains the legacy of the farm from 1918 to the 1990’s.

Bracero Program

Dr. Yolanda Leyva of the University of Texas at El Paso explores the history of the Bracero Program.

If these walls could talk

Eric Liefield explores the history of the Armijo House. 

Mural-Making

Explore the history of Mural-making in Las Cruces with Norma Hartell.

Amador Hotel

Learn about the oldest remaining public building in the city, the Historic Amador Hotel with Dr. Deb Dennis.

Black History of New Mexico:  Buffalo Soldiers

Explore their contribution to developing the West as we know it and specifically their relationship to the state of New Mexico. 

Significance of the Afro-Frontier: Blackdom

Explore the Afro-Frontier to identify the history evoked with Dr. Timothy Nelson.

Black History of New Mexico: “Imagining Race and Space in Albuquerque”

A presentation by Dr. Natasha Howard. 

Searching for Safety

A presentation by Dr. Neil Harvey outlines the history of migration policies and research on migrants’ experiences.

Immigration Policy

A presentation on the last 25 years of immigration policy and it’s impact on families.

The Eagle and the Condor Meet

A discussion from a group of Indigenous youth in New Mexico about their exchange with Indigenous Mayan people in Guatemala. 

Indigenizing the Borderlands Workshop

Learn about what “Indigenizing” means to Indigenous people of our borderland and the work they are doing for the community. 

Indigenous Science: Ancient Pathways to a Sustainable Future

Lyla June speaks about the long and prolific legacy of Indigenous Science and the wisdom and practical responses that it holds for modern day society’s greatest challenges. 

Chantelle Yazzie-Martin

Yazzie-Martin uses digital photography and incorporates embroidery in her work.  

Artists Talk from Photographer featured in the Inland Sea Exhibit: Allyson Packer

August 7, 2020, 5:30-6:30 PM

Featured on the Las Cruces Museums Facebook page on Facebook Live.

End of the dinosaurs

Swipe through to find out what brought about the end of the age of dinosaurs.

Experience the power of jazz, history, and Black Movements.

German-born American Artist, Eva Hesse

Danila Rumold discusses her art and the art of Eva Hesse.

Lucie Rie: The Mother of Modernism in Utilitarian Ceramics

By Courtney Michaud.

French Impressionist Artist, Berthe Morisot

By Kathleen Key.

Worlds of Papercut Art

With Susan Leviton. 

The Tale of Genji

A lecture by Mr. Nicholas Dahle. 

Beatrix Potter

An art history lecture by Professor Kathleen H Key of UTEP.

Virtual Tour

Virtual tour of the exhibit with Curator, Norma Hartell. 

Panel de Discusion:  Luchadoras Femenistas

Luchadoras de El Paso, TX y Ciudad Juárez, México cuentan sus historias, y comparten cómo han sido empoderadas por sus carreras en el cuadrilátero.

Luchadoras from El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, México tell their stories and share how they have been empowered by their careers in the wrestling ring.

Traducción al inglés disponible en forma de subtítulos. (English translation available in closed captions).

13 de agosto 2020, 5:30 PM

Lunar Calendars in different cultures. 

Lunar New Year Celebrations. 

Lunar and Solar Calendars. 

Symbols of Lunar New Year. 

Five Animals Dance. 

Calligraphy creation of “Spring Walk” poem. 

Lion Dance. 

Bryan Lee, Education Curator

Bryan will take you around the Museum of Art and share some details about his career in museums.

New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

This museum shares the fascinating 4,000-year history of agriculture in our region.  This video was filmed in 2019, before the state mandate on masks for COVID Safe Practices was put into effect.

Collections at the Las Cruces Museum System

Sarah Thomson, our Collections Manager, presents our online portal that displays the Las Cruces Museum System’s objects on exhibit at each museum and the online exhibit.

University Art Museum at NMSU

This video walk-through of their Margie and Bobby Rankin Retablo Gallery features part of the “Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020” exhibition, on display until December 6, 2020.

Office Assistant, Reyna Blahnik

Reyna shares an encouraging message about lifelong learning and the wonders that museums have to offer!

Las Cruces Museum Staff

Watch the videos from our museum staff in sequence.

Emmitt Booher

Emmitt Booher shows his exhibit. 

Hunger issues in Guatemala

Listen to a presentation from the UN Solidarity about the network and method of community support during COVID-19.

Enjoy the new outdoor exhibit at Las Cruces Museums and the events for the Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and 2 Spirits.

7th annual street art festival dedicated to Indigenous expression.

Day 2 of Pictograff.

Dance workshop: reconnecting with our creative energy.

Day 3 of Pictograff.

MMIWGT2S and Ni Una Mas Roundtable.

Final day of Pictograff 2021.

ArrowSoul Art Workshop with Zurfer Calavera and closing session of Pictograff: The Art of War Prayer!

Enjoy the Pictograff exhibit in honor of the social movements to protect Indigenous peoples.

Shapes

Explore 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes.

Pterosaurs

Make a flying Pterodactyl.

Sunflowers

For Arbor Day, learn how a plant grows from a tiny seed.

Earth Day

Learn about the earth with this fun tear-and-stick planet earth activity. 

Rockets

3…2…1…Blast off!  Learn about the parts of a rocket.

Alien Life

Create your alien’s habitat and build a model of your life form.

Slime

Make your own amber slime.

Dragonflies

Make a model dragonfly.

Groundhog Day

Get ready for groundhog day with this activity. 

Bird Feeder

Build a bird feeder to help the birds survive the winter.

Jupiter

Explore Jupiter and its moons with this mobile activity 

Galaxies

Learn about galaxies with this pinwheel activity 

Parasauolophus

Learn about the parasauolophus.

Stegosaurus

Junior Paleontologists can learn about the stegosaurus

New Mexico Bats

Activity instructions are listed here. 

Night Flyers

Learn about night flyers like the New Mexico owls. Activity instructions are in English and Spanish. 

Moon

Learn about the moon with this activity from the Museum of Nature and Science.

Solar System

Scale it down to fit in your pocket!  Instructions in English and Spanish. 

Paleontology

Be a junior paleontologist.  Instructions in English and Spanish. 

Fish in the Desert?

Printable instructions and a template. 

Feed a Frog Game

Meet the frogs and toads from the Nature Center and make your own feed a frog game.

Snake Shape Model

Meet one of the snakes from the Nature Center and practice using shapes to make a model.

Meteor Model

Make a model meteor and learn the difference between a comet, asteroid, and meteor.

Solar System Model

Create a model solar system with homemade window clings.

Stegosaurus

Meet stegosaurus and practice writing your name, the alphabet, or numbers.

Arbor Day

Celebrate Arbor Day by learning about trees and making a leaf print drawing.

Dissect Chicken Egg

Learn which types of animals lay eggs.  Follow along as we dissect a chicken egg to see how eggs work to grow new life.

Porous Polymers: Synthesis and Applications

Presented by Dr. Reza Foudazi.

Water Resource Management

Understand the geological and hydrogeological processes that help track contamination in waterways. 

Life at Earth’s Extremes

Presented by Dr. Madhan Tirumalai. 

Sex in the Modern Age

Presented by NMSU graduate students, Sarah Wheat and Angela Faith-Thomas. 

Enjoy fun nature, science, art and culture activities.  

Lonnie Johnson, NASA Engineer

Design a simple air powered water toy.

Ahmed Zewail, Femtochemistry

Try different chemical combinations to create gas that will fill a balloon.

Emily Roebling, Field Engineer

Find out how she took on the immense challenge and experiment with suspension bridges (#BrooklynBridge).

Linda Buck, Nobel Prize Winner

Learn how your smell receptors work and then test your smell. 

Josef Sanchez, NASA engineer

Imagine and design your own parachute lander. 

Friedrich Mohs, a Mineralogist.

Learn how to field identify minerals by using the Mohs Hardness Scale.

Nintendo

Make your own extendable grabber. 

Jet Pack

Launch a fizzy jet pack inspired by inventor and engineer Juan Miguel Lozano.

Dissection of Cow’s eye

Follow along with a virtual dissection of a cow’s eye and learn about ophthalmological pioneer Dr. Patricia Bath.

Board Game

Design, build, and test your own board game inspired by game designer Lizzie Magey.

Kinetoscope

Create a flipstick cartoon inspired by the inventor of the first moving picture machine, the kinetoscope, William Dickson.

Super Hero’s

Use your imagination and real science t describe your hero’s origin and powers before drawing your own super hero comic strip.

Zombies

Use the laws of motion and some homemade tiny defenses to protect yourself from hordes of tiny zombies. 

Build a Mars Rover

Build a model rover to explore the Martian landscape.

Animal Anatomy Exploration

Follow along with this virtual dissection of a frog to learn about the anatomy of animals.

Studio Art Demo

Value. 

Ceramic jewelry. 

2 point perspective. 

Paint with Oils. 

Block printing. 

Color theory. 

Weave using materials at home. 

Learn Chinese brush painting. 

Paint a portrait of your pet. 

Learn how to throw clay on the wheel.

Learn how to make plaster pumpkins using balloons.

Learn how to make a zine.

Learn some new watercolor and marker techniques.

Learn how to paint a landscape using watercolors. 

Learn to make wearable art. 

Learn how to draw a landscape using pastels. 

Learn how to make collage mosaics.

Meet the Art Instructors

Loretta 

Maria 

Cierra 

Dinosaur Night Lights

Make your own night light from a mason jar and brighten your room with dinosaur dazzle.

Gardening with Native Plants

Learn about the best native plants for gardens in the Las Cruces region with Dr. Ivette Guzman.

Read Earth History in the Rocks: A virtual Geologic Field Trip

Presented by Dr. Brian Hampton, NMSU Department of Geologic Sciences.

Weather Observations

Presented by Jason Laney, National Weather Service, El Paso, Texas. 

The Psychology of Friendship

Presented by Sarah Wheat and Angela-Faith Thomas. 

Fossils and Evolution.

Geologist Dr. Brian Hampton from New Mexico State University’s Department of Geological Sciences will take you on a tour of the fossils in the Zuhl Museum.  Learn about the history of life on Earth.

Mapping the Crescent Moon

Learn how telescopes are controlled remotely.

Frances Williams

Ms. Williams shares her life and story.

Mr. Alden Tombaugh’s opening to a day of fun. 

Pluto Fact. 

Build a telescope. 

Pluto, a “binary planet”. 

Perseverance.

Facts about Light. 

Pluto’s surface. 

NASA’s Artemis Mission. 

Steam-powered locomotives

Watch a demonstration of how locomotive engines operate.

Operation Lifesaver

Joanne Beer, New Mexico’s State Coordinator for Operation Lifesaver Inc., discusses rail safety.

Harvey Girls

The adventure of working in hospitality on trains in the 1800’s with the Fred Harvey Company.

Las Cruces Museum Collection

The Las Cruces Museum shares objects and archives in their collection related to the history of Las Cruces.

Train Communication

Printable worksheet for train talk with Morse code, train whistles, and lantern signals.

Coat hanger weavings. 

Binary code necklace. 

Heart ornament. 

Train card holder. 

Random acts of kindness hearts. 

Branigan Cultural Center 

Museum of Art 

Museum of Nature and Science 

Railroad Museum 

Studio