The Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, part of Mesalands Community College on the west side of town, is a much better museum than its size suggests. The collection focuses on Mesozoic fossils from eastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle — Triassic Coelophysis, Late Cretaceous duckbills — and the bronze casts the museum is famous for producing.
Plan on 60–90 minutes. The hands-on sections work well with children and the gift shop sells small bronze replicas if you fancy a heavy souvenir. Closed Sundays and Mondays.