The Ancestors permanent exhibit traces human evolution over four million years and features life-size models of human ancestors. The People of the Southwest permanent exhibit depicts eleven thousand years of the cultural heritage of the American Southwest and features artifacts from Mimbres, Ancestral Puebloan, and Puebloan cultures, as well as displays on UNM field work in New Mexico, which includes a reconstruction of an excavation at Chaco Canyon.
The Ancestors permanent exhibit delves into human evolution over four million years and includes lifelike models of early humans. The People of the Southwest exhibit showcases eleven thousand years of American Southwest cultural history and features artifacts from Mimbres, Ancestral Puebloan, and Puebloan cultures, as well as information about UNM fieldwork in New Mexico, such as an excavation reconstruction at Chaco Canyon.