New Mexico, United States

Field trips near Albuquerque, NM

Local school field trips, kids field trips, and day trips with official photos, prices, weather fit, lunch, parking, accessibility, and booking links.

Local planning snapshot

This page is built around local searches like field trips near Albuquerque, school field trips near me, scout and camp field trips, youth group trips, and kids field trips near Albuquerque. Start with distance and weather fit, then open detail pages to verify current ticket calendars, reservation windows, group rules, arrival logistics, food policies, and source freshness.

Local choices
15 nearby options with price, booking, photo, or logistics details; use cards for first-pass shortlisting before opening individual venue pages.
Cost and group signals
15 places show price/cost signals and 15 include school, group, or field-trip planning language.
Weather fit
11 places are indoor-friendly or rainy-day candidates; outdoor-heavy places need weather and seasonal checks.
Photo confidence
15 places have officially sourced primary photos; failed or source-limited images fall back to disclosed photo status.

Where to start in Albuquerque

Start with the local places that have enough price, booking, photo, and logistics detail for a useful first comparison.

Fast shortlist
15 places can be compared on price signals right away

If you need a quick first pass, start with venues like ABQ BioPark School & Youth Group Field Trips, ABQ BioPark Zoo, and Albuquerque Museum before checking their exact student, adult, or group rate lines.

Weather plan
15 places look stronger for rainy-day or heat-plan trips

ABQ BioPark School & Youth Group Field Trips, ABQ BioPark Zoo, and Albuquerque Museum are good first checks when you want indoor backup before digging into more weather-sensitive options.

Trip type split
Museum and science options lead this metro

14 places lean museum, science, history, or culture, which makes this metro stronger for curriculum-tied classroom trips than for purely outdoor day trips.

Group readiness
15 places already surface school/group language

That gives you a cleaner local shortlist for class groups, homeschool meetups, or scout/camp planning without relying on broad “things to do” pages.

What this metro page answers best

Use these blocks to compare nearby options by cost, weather fit, trip type, and how much planning detail is available before you open each venue page.

Field trips near me
15 local choices are already grouped into one metro shortlist

That makes this page stronger than a generic “things to do” list when you need a nearby comparison set with official links, prices, and trip-day logistics in one place.

School groups near city
15 places surface school or group wording

Start with those for class planning, then open the venue pages to confirm current dates, class-size rules, chaperone ratios, and arrival details.

Homeschool meetups
15 places read as family or flexible-group friendly

That gives homeschool pods and co-ops a narrower local set to check before falling back to broader statewide exploration.

Elementary and weather-safe picks
15 places show elementary-age signals and 15 look better for indoor backup

Use those counts together when the trip needs to work for younger students, short bus windows, or uncertain weather.

Student touching a reptile with an ABQ BioPark educator during a learning program
Albuquerque, NMMixed indoor/outdoor BioPark visit across Zoo, Aquarium, Botanic Garden, or Tingley Beach, with Aquarium temporary entrance changes, weekday scheduling, lunch planning, and weather exposure

ABQ BioPark School & Youth Group Field Trips

Albuquerque ABQ BioPark field trip with $1.50 school-season student admission, $3 adult admission, $3 summer youth rates, 10-youth minimum, 1:10 required adult chaperones, two-week reservation deadline, six-month booking window, $75/$100 staff-led add-ons, lunch ordering, 72-hour cancellation rules.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Submit the self-guided field trip request form at least two weeks ahead for the group discount; reservations are weekday-only from 9 am to 4 pm and are not accepted more than six months before the planned visit.
Lunch
Groups may bring bag lunches or order boxed lunches from the cafe using the school lunch order form; plan the eating location around the chosen BioPark site and weather.
Bus
Use the official BioPark directions for the specific Zoo, Aquarium/Botanic Garden, or Tingley Beach destination, and confirm bus unloading because the selected route determines arrival flow and walking distance.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Participants in the Albuquerque Museum School for the Summer Activities page.
Albuquerque, NMMostly outdoors

ABQ BioPark Zoo

Albuquerque option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Albuquerque Museum photo from the official site
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

Albuquerque Museum

Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum School Tours photo from the official site
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum School Tours

Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Check the ticket page for current rates.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Coronado Historic Site
Bernalillo / Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

Coronado Historic Site School Tours

Bernalillo / Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Explora photo from the official site
Albuquerque, NMMostly outdoors

Explora

Albuquerque option for hands-on play and younger elementary kids; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Published rates
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center photo from the official site
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
“Throwing Down the Ladder by Which They Rose,” by Thomas Nast, 1870
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology School Tours

Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

School/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Uranium; Enriching Your Future
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Published rates
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History classroom program image
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History Field Trips

Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Check the ticket page for current rates.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
FossilWorks exhibit hall at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Children viewing Bella the Bisti Beast animatronic at the museum.
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Group Reservations

Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Information Only. Visitors must drive to a trail system. Click on Things to Do.
Albuquerque, NMMostly outdoors

Petroglyph National Monument

Albuquerque option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and reservation.

Published rates
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Children learning
Albuquerque, NMMostly outdoors

Rio Grande Nature Center State Park School Visits

Albuquerque option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

School/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Wheels Museum photo from the official site
Albuquerque, NMMostly indoors

Wheels Museum

Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and reservation.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
Lunch
Check the ticket page for current rates.
Bus
Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5