Family Activities

Outdoor activities are a healthy, fun way to spend time with your family.

Click here for a list of New Mexico State Parks where you can hike, camp, fish, swim, or picnic. State Park events are listed here.

Click here for a list of National Parks and Monuments in New Mexico. If your family has a fourth grader, your entire family is eligible for a free National Parks pass. Click here to find out more about the Every Kid in a Park program.

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The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs offers a free FamilyPass that can be checked out at any public library. The FamilyPass gives six people free admission to any of the following activities:

• 7 New Mexico Historic Sites, Statewide 
• New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe 
• New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe 
• Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe 
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe 
• New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo 
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque 
• National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque
• New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces 

Click here to find out more.

Albuquerque Museum 
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Free admission during the following times:

• 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Sunday
• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month
• 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month

Anderson-Aburzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
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Free admission on Sundays 9am-1pm and the first Friday of the month (excluding October). Children 3 and under are always free!

Department of Cultural Affairs Museums/Sites
All of the following are free the first Sunday of every month for New Mexico residents with ID:

• New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque (Website)
• National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque (Website)—children 16 and under are always free.
• New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe (Website)
• New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe (Website)
• Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe (Website)
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe (Website)
• Lincoln Historic Site, Lincoln (Website)
• Jemez Historic Site, Jemez Springs (Website)
• Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial, Fort Sumner (Website)
• Fort Stanton, Capitan (Website)
• Fort Selden, Radium Springs (Website)
• El Camino Real Historic Trail Site, 35 mi. south of Socorro (Website)
• Coronado Historic Site, Bernalillo (Website)

Petroglyphs National Monument, Albuquerque
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Automobiles and RVs: $1 Weekdays and $2 Weekends

Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque
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Admission is $3 per vehicle.

South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque
Website
Free admission every day.

Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Sciences Laboratory
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Adult (12-64) $6.50
Children (5-11) $4.00
Children (under 5) Free
Senior (65 and over) $5.50
Groups of 10 or more $4.50 Adult / $3.00 child
Active Military (ID Required) $5.85 / $3.60 child

Tucumcari Historical Museum
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Adult (16-64) $5.00
Children (6-15) $1.00
Children (under 5) Free
Senior (65 and over) $4.00

Bradbury Science Musem
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Free admission

Pajarito Environmental Education Center
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Free admission

Reading books regularly to your young children helps give them a big head start on success in school and is a great way to bond. Finding age-appropriate books is easy and free!

Find your local public library at http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/directory/.

Many communities across New Mexico are part of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which mails out a free book each month to children from birth to age 5. To find out about availability or to sign up, click here.

Spend time volunteering with your family for a rewarding group activity. Click here for a list of statewide organizations that need volunteers, or contact a PullTogether hub in your area to find out about local volunteer opportunities.