Please make sure to check for the most up-to-date information before planning your visit.
12:00 p.m. to 4:00p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
12:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. Every Second Saturday of the Month
Closed 1st, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays, All Mondays and Sundays, and on all NMSU Administrative Holidays.
2019-2020 Academic Term
Labor Day Monday, September 2, 2019
Thanksgiving Thursday – Friday, November 28-29, 2019
Winter Holiday Dec 24, 2019 – Jan 1, 2020
Martin Luther King Holiday Monday, January 20, 2020
Spring Holiday Friday, April 10, 2020
Memorial Day Holiday Monday, May 25, 2020
Independence Day Observance Friday, July 3, 2020
Admission: Free!!!
For more information please call the Director of the Zuhl Collection at 575-646-4714.
The Zuhl Museum is the perfect locations for field trips for all age ranges. The Zuhl Collection spans interests, generations, and education levels.
The Zuhl Museum offers guided tours of exhibits to community and school groups. Reservations are required to ensure appropriate staffing levels for a quality museum experience.
Please complete the Tour Request Form and submit it to the Director of the Zuhl Collection, Tiffany Santos. We request two weeks notice to plan for tours.
Other Locations of Zuhl Collection
The Zuhl Library is located at 2911 McFie Circle, at the corner of Breland and McFie.
For Hours call 575-646-4749.
Gardiner Hall, home of the Department of Geological Sciences is located at 1255 N. Horseshoe St.
Open Monday-Friday 8-5, closed on holidays.
Call for more information 575-646-2708.
“Where Rocks Come Alive!”
Part art gallery, part natural history museum, the Zuhl Museum at NMSU is the home of the Zuhl Collection containing over 1,800 beautiful specimens of petrified wood, fossils and minerals.
The majority of the pieces are on display at the Zuhl Museum but don’t miss the displays in the Zuhl Library and at Gardiner Hall, home to the Department of Geological Sciences.
Zuhl Museum is one of the five NMSU Museums, showcasing the uniqueness and excellence NMSU offers.
More information on each piece is available at: Zuhl Collection Database.
A Southern New Mexico Treasure unique to Las Cruces.
Mission
Through the generosity of Herb and Joan Zuhl, the Zuhl museum is the preeminent venue on the NMSU campus to view spectacular world-class geologic specimens. The general public, K-12 students and teachers, university students, and attendees of NMSU special events, interact with the collection through tours, educational programs, and outreach events to learn about minerals, fossils and earth history.
