Explora Science Center & Children's Museum is located in the heart of Old Town Albuquerque. The museum features over 250 interactive exhibits that offers broad range of science, technology, engineering, math, and art activities. Permanent exhibits of the museum include Engineering Gravity, Life of Water, Math Moves, Electricity Charges, Currents, and Circuits, Bubbles, Moving Air, Light and shadow, The Rotary Pavilion, Knee-Hi Sci, and Studio Inventivo.
Engineering Gravity
Experiment with balls and ramps to slow down the effects of gravity. Use friction, slope, and momentum to send a marble down a ramp on a pegboard wall.
Life of Water
Explore water and its unique characteristics.
Moving Air
Experiment with air and the things it can do.
Arts and Crafts Workshop
Work with recycled materials for making things.
Math Moves
Get a feel for proportion - fractions, ratios, similarity, scaling, and percentages.
Light, Shadow, Color
Investigate light.
Shapes of Sounds
Discover properties of sound and vibration.
Rotary Pavilion
Use the materials on hand to investigate the principles of architecture, engineering, and construction.
Bubbles
Investigate the shapes, sizes, colors, and stretchiness of bubbles.
Charges, Currents and Circuits
Experiment with electricity.
1701 Mountain Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
Phone: (505) 600-6072
Adults (12-64): $10
Seniors (65+): $7
Students & Military: $7
Children (1-11): $6
Children under 1: Free
Monday - Saturday: 10am to 6pm
Sunday: 12pm to 6pm