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Group Trips

Reservations

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science offers a group discount to groups of ten or more that make a prior reservation with our Reservation Specialist.

Here's a list of venues and activities available to your group:

When making your plans for the day, don't forget to include lunch! Only in the case of inclement weather will space in the museum be provided for your group to eat lunch; otherwise we have several picnic tables available in our learning garden and Tiguex Park.

Regular Museum pricing applies to all parents not paid for by a school.

There are two ways to make a group reservation

  1. Fill out our online reservation request form below. A member of the reservation staff will contact you as soon as possible.
  2. Call the Museum's Reservation Specialist, at (505) 527-1663. Please be prepared with the following information:
    • Top 3 arrival dates
    • Arrival time
    • What venues you'd like to visit and at what times (you can get a listing of show times on our main page)

Once a reservation is made, you will receive an official confirmation packet via email.

Unless you are a chaperone that is sponsored by your school, you do not have a guaranteed seat in either the Dynatheater or Planetarium.

Additional group information

Chaperone Guidelines (PDF)

Museum Location

School Group Scheduling Request

Interested in bringing your group or class to the museum? The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science offers a group discount to groups of 10 or more. Journey through billions of years of New Mexico's natural history, from the formation of the universe to the present day, or catch a show in the DynaTheater, a five-story 3D giant screen theater complete with digital surround sound. Also, don't forget to take a journey through the cosmos in our 50-foot domed Planetarium! Groups get a 25% discount off of Museum admission rates. Fill out this form and our school group registration staff will get back to you as soon as possible.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Contact Information

Name(Required)
Please enter your full name.
Email(Required)
The best phone number to reach you for follow-up.
School Address
The phone number of someone who can be reached that day with questions or important information.
Are you paying with a P.O.?
Will you be visiting the museum only or also attending theater shows?

More Information

Will you allow students to shop in the gift shop?
Will you need storage for backpacks or personal items?
Will parents and family members be invited to attend this field trip?
If yes, please remind those not included in the group count that they will not receive the quoted discounted rates, nor do they have a guaranteed seat in either the Dynatheater or Planetarium as the students have first priority in seating availability.

Information About Our Theaters

School groups are welcome at both the Planetarium and the Lockheed Martin DynaTheater. For information about Planetarium shows that are available, please visit the Planetarium Information for School Groups page. Planetarium Power by Meta and the Verus Research DynaTheater

Please enter your top three choices for when you would like to visit.

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Please consult the link above for a list of the available shows for groups as well as the planetarium's current schedule. Also, if you have any requests for content for the live portion, put that here (eg, deep space objects, planets, asteroids...)
For the current schedule, please visit the DynaTheater page.
Please consult the link above for the current DynaTheater schedule.

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