Best places: Museums in New Mexico

All-ages science, tech & art museum with over 250 exploratory exhibits & separate toddler area.

Compact educational spot featuring exhibits chronicling the development of nuclear science.

👍👍 Discovering History, Nature, and Pleasure at Bandelier National Monument ★★★★★ My visit to the Bandelier National Monument was precisely the stimulating, serene escape I had been looking for while visiting Santa Fe. The easy hiking trail, far from being taxing, offered breathtaking views of the flo...

👍👍 Now this place was AMAZING. We spent about 450 bucks in here on Breaking bad merchandise. Everyone in the store was helpful and nice. We even got a autographed picture. Man I can't wait to go back to this place.

👍👍 Took my 9 year old son who is a WW1, WW11 history love. Absolutely loved the antiques planes, cars, motorbikes, lots of old photos and other great finds. Not busy at all Great staff, great gift shop. Would go again

Expansive museum featuring dinosaur skeletons, a planetarium & theater shows, plus special events.

A diverse collection of paintings, photos & sculptures with a focus on regional artists & themes.

Local history museum featuring maps, photos & crafts depicting the history of Albuquerque.

80,000-sq-ft homage to global folk art & culture, featuring art & artifacts from over 100 countries.

Paleontology & geology museum featuring dinosaur skeletons, fossils, activities & a gift shop.

Exhibits on local history including homesteading, Los Alamos Ranch School & the Manhattan Project.

Rotating exhibits of the work of Georgia O'Keeffe include paintings, sculptures & sketches.

Quaint museum with regionally focused natural history exhibits, including some on local wildlife.

👍👍 Great little museum with an awesome observatory! Must see.

Open & airy tri-level museum explores the history of ballooning & features a flight simulator.

👍👍 We went for Billy but got so much more! This place is actually a lot more than a Billy The Kid museum. I was kinda skeptical driving 2.5 hours from ABQ for this little spot but DANG do they have an impressive collection of tons of other vintage goods! The many cast iron stoves were my favorite… I...

Mom-&-pop museum with classic, vintage, chrome & hot rod cars on display, plus Route 66 memorabilia.

👍👍 This Museum is so amazing especially for people who love gems and minerals. You can find some amazing things to look at and lots of goodies for grandma or grandpa to get for their gkids. Great little park is opposite of Museum. Very nice employees. Very clean inside and around the building. Restroom...

😐 Chiricahua Desert museum very nice place to stop on your way up to portal. I did not actually go into the museum there is a fee for the museum part. But there is a beautiful Desert garden with fountains and various type of cacti. There is a large well-stocked gift shop with some interesting unique g...