New Mexico Museum of Natural History
180l Mountain Road NW
841-2800
Offers hands-on displays, walk-through volcanoes and ice age cave, dinosaur dioramas, giant-screen Dynamax Theater.

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
2401 12th Street NW
843-7270
Explores the 19 New Mexico Pueblo Indian tribes and their culture. Hands-on activities at Pueblo House Children’s Museum.

National Atomic Museum
Kirtland Air Force Base
284-3243
Atomic bombers and missiles mix with displays on the development of atomic weaponry.

EXPLORA Science Center & Albuquerque
Children’s Museum
800 Rio Grande NW
243-7255 (242-4600/Recorded information)
Discovery encouraged via a giant weaving loom, rubbing tables, bubble-making equipment, giant kaleidoscope and hands-on computer equipment.

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
University and Grand NE
277-4405 One of the leading anthropological research centers in the U.S.; permanent exhibit Ancestors & People of the Southwest presents the development of humans over 4 million years.

Meteoritic Museum
UNM Campus/Northrop Hall
277-2747
One-time space debris, along with the world’s second-largest stone meteorite - the one-ton Norton Country - are on display.

Campus Observatory
UNM North Campus/Yale NE
277-1446
The premier place in the city for state of the art star-gazing activities.