Museum of Southwestern Biology

The Museum of Southwestern Biology is a research and teaching facility in the Department of Biology of the University of New Mexico. The museum's collections include vascular plants, invertebrates and vertebrates from the American West, Central and South America, and from throughout the world.

Type: Museum
Description: science museum in University of New Mexico
Address: 302 Yale Boulevard Northeast

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University of New Mexico Art Museum and Maxwell Museum of Anthropology.

University of New Mexico Art Museum

Museum

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The University of New Mexico Art Museum is an art museum at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The museum's permanent collection includes nearly 30,000 objects, making it the largest collection of fine art in New Mexico. University of New Mexico Art Museum is situated 560 feet southeast of Museum of Southwestern Biology.

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

Museum

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The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is an anthropology museum located on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The museum was founded in 1932 as the Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico, becoming the first public museum in Albuquerque. Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Museum of Southwestern Biology.

University of New Mexico Hospital

Hospital

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The University of New Mexico Hospital is a public teaching hospital located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, immediately north of the main campus of the University of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Hospital is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Museum of Southwestern Biology.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silver Hill and Nob Hill.

Silver Hill

Neighborhood

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Silver Hill is a neighborhood in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is significant as one of the oldest developments on the city's East Mesa. Much of the neighborhood is included in the Silver Hill Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Nob Hill

Neighborhood

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Nob Hill is a neighborhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, consisting of a commercial district along Central Avenue and surrounding residential areas.

Martinez Town

Neighborhood

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Martineztown-Santa Barbara is a neighborhood in central Albuquerque, New Mexico, immediately northeast of Downtown. Originating as a small farming village in the 1850s, it is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and retains a distinct character, with winding streets, irregular lots, and adobe vernacular buildings reminiscent of other old Hispanic communities in northern New Mexico.

Museum of Southwestern Biology

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Bernalillo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.08319° or 35° 4′ 60″ north

Longitude

-106.62185° or 106° 37′ 19″ west

Elevation

5,174 feet (1,577 metres)

Operator

University of New Mexico

Open location code

857M39MH+77

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4359637058

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

5480611

Wikidata ID

Q22060898

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