New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

The Sandia Mountain Natural History Center is an environmental education center located in the Sandia Mountains just east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our beautiful 128-acre piece of pinon-juniper forest is owned by the Albuquerque Public School System, and is run by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Since 1967 the center has been teaching the students of New Mexico about the environment and how to preserve it. The primary mission of the center and its staff is to educate the citizens of New Mexico about ecology, ecosystems, the environment and conservation.