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.
Where to start in Albuquerque
Start with the local places that have enough price, booking, photo, and logistics detail for a useful first comparison.
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.
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.
14 places lean museum, science, history, or culture, which makes this metro stronger for curriculum-tied classroom trips than for purely outdoor day trips.
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.
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.
Start with those for class planning, then open the venue pages to confirm current dates, class-size rules, chaperone ratios, and arrival details.
That gives homeschool pods and co-ops a narrower local set to check before falling back to broader statewide exploration.
Use those counts together when the trip needs to work for younger students, short bus windows, or uncertain weather.

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.
- 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
ABQ BioPark Zoo
Albuquerque option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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
Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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
Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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 School Tours
Bernalillo / Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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
Albuquerque option for hands-on play and younger elementary kids; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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
Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology School Tours
Albuquerque option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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 & History
Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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 & History Field Trips
Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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

New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
Albuquerque option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- 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
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.
- 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

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

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