ALBUQUERQUE, NM (September 30, 2016) - The New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation announces that on the first Friday of select months, four times a year, the entire New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science will be open in the evening at a reduced admission fee. These special evenings will focus on a current scientific topic or activity.

November 4th's First Friday focus is: STARTUP Sendoff!

The Museum's computer revolution exhibition, STARTUP, is closing in mid-November. This evening will feature a final fling with the fledgling computers! Several educational organizations will offer fun activities related to changing technology and computers.

The DynaTheater will present "Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs" at 6:30 p.m. for only $5 per person in addition to museum admission also for only $5 per person. That means you can see a movie and tour the entire museum for what it normally costs an adult to see the DynaTheater alone! Admission to Friday Fractals in the planetarium is the same as it has been for years: $10 adults, $7 seniors, $5 children. Tickets for all venues, museum, DynaTheater, and planetarium, will be sold separately.

The museum's observatory will be open 7 - 10 p.m., weather permitting. At 6:30p.m., a member of the space science department will present a brief talk in the new STEM Auditorium about what to look for in the current sky.