An absorption, fluorescence excitation, and (2+1) resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization spectroscopic investigation was carried out on the lowest excited state of N-methylpyrrole (NMP). Transitions to and from this state were shown to give rise to the structured bands observed around 240 nm. An energy-dissipative channel was found that was only slightly higher in energy. Possible assignments of this channel in NMP and its relation to the states of pyrrole are discussed.