<P> The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is a natural history and science museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico near Old Town Albuquerque . The Museum was founded in 1986 . It operates as a public revenue facility of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs . </P> <P> The Museum's permanent exhibit halls illustrate a journey through time, covering the birth of the Universe (≈ 13.6 billion years ago) to the Ice Age (≈ 10,000 years ago). The eight journey through time halls are as follows: </P> <Ul> <Li> Origins </Li> <Li> Dawn of the Dinosaurs </Li> <Li> Jurassic Super Giants </Li> <Li> New Mexico's Seacoast </Li> <Li> Age of Volcanoes </Li> <Li> Evolving Grasslands </Li> <Li> Cave Experience </Li> <Li> New Mexico's Ice Age </Li> </Ul> <Li> Dawn of the Dinosaurs </Li>

The new mexico museum of natural history and science