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 Taos and Santa Fe.

It’s a flat and sprawling southwestern city and everything is connected by Freeway. It didn’t instantly charm us tbut it has unique museums and more opportunities to get outdoors than we expected.

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 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 nano technology was engaging and taught us about a relatively new area of science.

Tween Traveler declared it “awesome” and Rich, who is both a science and history buff could have spent more time there than we did. I never loved science, but I appreciated the social and historical content. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).