Exploring Albuquerque with a Tween, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque was both the first and last stop on a spring break New Mexico road trip that also included聽Taos聽and聽Santa Fe.

It鈥檚 a flat and sprawling southwestern city and everything is connected by Freeway. It didn鈥檛 instantly charm us tbut it has unique museums and more opportunities to get outdoors than we expected.聽

We ate good food, stayed in cool hotels and had a fun time. I recommend it as a stop on a southwest road trip or for an easy family weekend getaway with school-age kids, tweens and teens.

We went to two museums in Albuquerque they were hands-on kid-friendly science museums, but they each focused on unique niche that made them different from the usual science museums.

The聽Museum of Nuclear Science & History is just that. It explores both the social history and science of nuclear energy. The hands-on activities were not the same things you see at every science museum.

For example a section on聽nano technology聽was engaging and taught us about a relatively new area of science. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Exploring Albuquerque with a Tween
Guide Location: USA » Albuquerque
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Eileen Gunn
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