Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau

Blimps, dirigibles, zeppelins…no matter what we call them, airships have played a prominent role in history, culture, art, science and recreation. From the Hindenburg to Goodyear, airships continue to capture our imagination. In this new exhibit we explore the past, present and future of airships. We revisit the wonder of these “monsters of the sky” through fascinating models, films, art and historical objects.

This film explores a thriving global culture that has helped shape Western civilization for a thousand years. The film transports viewers to Morocco, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Patagonia, Texas and Canada, to ride with exotic horse-and-cattle peoples in an active, educational giant screen experience they'll never forget.

The 2008 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. marks the 105th running of the event and the tournament’s second trip to Albuquerque (2000).  The 2008 USBC Open Championships will be conducted every day from Feb. 16 until June 29 (135 consecutive days).  The Open Championships is the world’s largest annual participatory sporting event, attracting between 12,000 and 16,000 five-player teams (60,000-80,000 participants).

Caminos Distintos celebrates the work of Nuevomexicano artists Patrocinio Barela, a Taos sculptor, and Edward Gonzales, an Albuquerque painter and printmaker. Each artist in his own way blazed trails both locally and nationally, helping to dispel stereotypes of Hispanics and their art.

  On May 17, 2008, the only Triassic Exhibit Hall in North America opens its doors to the public at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS: NEW MEXICO’S TRIASSIC is dedicated to the plants and animals of the Triassic Period in New Mexico and the world. The Triassic is a time that saw the extinction of many dominant reptiles and amphibians and the emergence of two significant evolutionary lines in Earth History – dinosaurs and mammals.

516 ARTS presents the New Mexico exhibition in the national tour of Trappings, created by Two Girls Working, the collaboration by artists Tiffany Ludwig and Renee Piechocki. Trappings begins by asking women to respond to the question: what do you wear that makes you feel powerful? Two Girls Working have interviewed over 530 women in 15 states. While the project begins with a question about clothing, the project is not about fashion and to a large extent is not even about clothing.

Visitors to the Museum will thrill to find themselves face to face with the gaping maw of the second largest T. rex ever found, in full attack mode, as they round the corner of the Museum Atrium. 

Highlighing recent acquisitions from the Center's Growing art collection, this installation features important objects from the 1930's to the present by artists from New Mexico and throughout the nation.

This second annual exhibition of art works and popular culture objects featuring Virgen de Guadalupe works is drawn from the permanent collection of the NHCC. 

Native Americans have an intimate relationship to nature and the sky.  Learn about their cultural, scientific, artistic, and historic connections to balloons and ballooning in this new exhibition, times to open in conjunction with the 25th Annual Gathering of National Powwow.  Free with admission.

Located at 9201 Balloon Museum Drive NE 87113. 

If you haven't visited the Balloon Museum lately, you have missed a great treat!  Climb aboard the Double Eagle II, "launch" a balloon, go to "Balloon School" to weave a gondola and design your own balloon - and much more.  Free with admission.  Located at 9201 Balloon Museum Drive NE 87113. 

Soar through clouds, fly over Albuquerque, try to pinpoint the perfect landing - without crashing!  The NEW flight simulator is on loan from the Fiesta and it is a lot of fun.  Come and try out your ballooning skills.  Free with admission.  Located at 9201 Balloon Museum Drive NE 87113.