MSB General Information
The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is a research and teaching
facility in the Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
(UNM). It is physically located in the new Center for Environmental
Research, Informatics & Art (CERIA) building on the campus of
UNM.
MSB houses collections of vertebrates, arthropods, plants and genomic
materials from the American Southwest, Central and South America,
and from throughout the world. It is primarily a research museum,
although tours of the facility can be scheduled by appointment.
The MSB consists of ten divisions, one special program (the USGS Arid Lands Field Station) and an inter-divisional program in biodiversity
informatics.
General Contact Information
Hours: 8:00 am-5:00 pm (MTZ) Monday - Friday
Phone: +1-505-277-1360
Fax: +1-505-277- 1351
MSB Director:
Thomas F. Turner, Ph.D., +1-505-277-7541, email: turnert@unm.edu
MSB Administrator:
Catherine Osborn, +1-505-277-1360, email: cosborn@unm.edu
Mailing Address |
Shipping Address
(UPS, FedEX, Airborne, DHL) |
Museum of Southwestern Biology
MSC03 2020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, USA 87131-0001 |
UPS: University of New Mexico
302 Yale Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM, USA 87106
FedEx, Airborne, DHL:
University of New Mexico
CERIA Bldg 83, Room 204
Albuquerque, NM 87131 |
Visiting the Museum
MSB is open by appointment Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Directions to the CERIA Building:
MSB is on the UNM campus in the CERIA building (building 83), also
known locally as "the old bookstore." The main door to
CERIA is on SW side of the building facing the fountain (Castetter
Hall, the home of the biology department, is the building on the
SW side of the fountain).
To locate CERIA, orient from the intersection of Central Ave &
Yale Blvd. From here, continue north onto campus along Yale Blvd,
cross Redondo South Dr. and continue along the promenade until you
reach the fountain. CERIA is the building NE of you.
Maps:
Click
here to bring up a Google street map of the area surrounding
the SW portion of campus superimposed over a satellite image. CERIA
is the roughly triangular building NW of the dot above where it
says "Yale Blvd NE" in white. Note that where it says
"Yale Blvd NE" is a walkway, not a road.
Click
here to get a UNM campus map (pdf, 354kb). CERIA is building
83 in H-4.
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Click here to get a map showing where UNM is in relation to
Albuquerque, NM, I-25, and I-40.
Nearby Public Parking:
All-day parking is available in a number of lots along Yale Blvd,
south of Central Ave (~2$/day). There is also metered parking on
campus along Redondo Dr. and along Central Ave. A visitors parking
pass may be obtained at Parking Services at the NW corner of Central
Ave. & University Blvd. for ~3$/day that will allow you to park
on campus.
In addition there is a new large parking structure on campus along
Redondo South Blvd., east of the intersection of Central Ave &
Yale Blvd. You can get to this structure by turning north from Central
Ave. at Stanford Dr.
Tours of the Museum
MSB does not currently have a formal program for public tours.
With our new facilities in the CERIA building, however, it is likely
we will be more equipped to handle tours in the near future. Contact
the MSB administrator for
more information.
Museum Studies Program
MSB is currently developing a curriculum for the Museum Studies
Program at UNM. Classes are tentatively scheduled to begin in Spring
of 2006. Contact
the MSB administrator for
more information.
History of the Museum
Information coming soon.
Staff Descriptions
Curators have the authority to make final decisions regarding divisional
activities and policies. The Curator also is responsible for providing funding to the museum, and to represent their division to the university administration and general public.
Collection Managers are responsible for the daily museum operation, and provide supervision for museum staff. The
Collection Managers maintain the collection, database, and all of the museum facilities. The Collection Managers work
closely with the Curator to make decisions regarding museum operation and policies, and supervise the Museum Assistants.
The Collection Managers are the first persons to contact regarding use of museum facilities or for questions regarding specimen
loans, specimen donations, identification services, museum visits, and educational outreach.
Curator Emeriti are retired curators of a division who may maintain an active role in the collection.
Museum Assistants are UNM graduate and undergraduate students who provide assistance for museum operation. Graduate Museum
Assistants and undergraduate
Museum Technicians conduct many curatorial tasks such as incorporating specimens into the collection,
entering database records, preparing specimen loans, and producing specimen labels.
Other Associated Personnel
Associates are people who work in the museum on research involving the collections. Associates include
people who are both associated with UNM, plus people from outside of the university community. Associates provide
specimens and information to the museum, including teaching and public outreach activities.
Graduate and Undergraduate Students contribute to the museum through their research and teaching activities. Students
involved in research or teaching use museum facilities, and provide the museum with specimens and educational
outreach.
Short-horned lizard Phrynosoma hernandesii
(I. Murray), Organ Mountains (M. Weisenberger), Escobaria
organensis (T. Todsen) |
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