The kids had so much fun!! A great little day trip for the boys

This is a wonderful small museum in downtown Las Cruces. This is especially a great museum for children and to learn about the geology of Las Cruces and New Mexico!

Very interesting artifacts.. I really enjoyed it all..

Museums will always get my top votes. While this place is small, it does offer many things to see. The museum staff and volunteers were very friendly and helpful.

Such a wonderful place to go if youre in the Plaza/downtown area! Its free to enter and they change out some of their exhibits every so often so its fun every time you go. The art side has phenomenal work in it, and the museum side has beautiful creatures as well as fossils and interactive components, making it great for kids AND adults.

I frequently come here from personal visits to work and I throughly enjoy coming here. This would be a great place for families to come to. Donations are taken and go to keeping the place running. The exhibits here are beautiful and well kept. The staff here are friendly and encourage you to take you time and look around. Its in a nice place downtown and there are many other places to look at nearby. Worth a stop in to look around even if its just a quick visit.

Impressive building- I had a great time from beginning to end. Daily tours will extend your knowledge of the Museum and history. Very impressive North American diorama collection of nomads, animals, dinosaurs and trees. Learn about extinct animals or animals on the extinct list. See excellent work in tacodermy of extinct animals.

Very nice place to visit with children after shopping the LC farmers market. Lots to do for elementary school age children.

Small but for a free museum it was a nice activity.

This museum is very small but packed with good stuff related to the region. Its very well curated and fun for kids and adults to move through. Its connected to two other free museums. With free parking theres no reason not to check this place out if youre in town. It wont take you too long to go through them all.

Almost all of the exhibits were so COOL! Minerals, dinosaurs, space, ancient Egypt, and natural wildlife exhibits!! A must see!!!

I wished I could be here every day! I took the grandkids for the afternoon, we had a fun time building a satellite and testing it. We enjoyed the room with the large planet that changed colors as we interacted with it. Museums have changed since I was a kid. Hands on fun is always a great way to learn and appreciate culture.

While small in size there were several well done exhibits that spark the whole familys curiosity. You could quickly stroll through or take the time to get into both the live animal exhibits and interactive tech based displays. Good for a 60-90 minute exploration. FREE too! Their almost non-existent website and social media do the museum a disservice. Art museum is also connected to this facility and Free.

One of the exhibits had a plack stating the rattle snake was taken somewhere else in 2012. Its 2020 and the aquarium was still empty. The toddler time was ok. It did not engage the kids at all. The parent was left to really do the teaching. My daughter lived the dinosaurs.

Lots of fun activities and events for kids of all ages! As homeschoolers, this is a great place to get out and learn on the go.

Not the largest museum but they utilize their space extremely well! Absolutely love this place!

This museum is about looking and understanding—looking up to the stars, looking out to the desert, and looking down to see ancient fossils. There are three primary permanent exhibits: Desert Life, Permian Trackways, and Light & Space exhibits.

The Museum of Nature and Science was truly educational. I attended a short presentation on March 16th presented by Cheyenne Stice about botanist Ynes Mexia. We created terrariums to showcase the development of plant growth. Fun for all ages!

I couldnt get enough of this place. It is huge and I got lost in it a couple times. Unfortunately at this time of year the sky deck was closed. Price was moderate for a day pass.

Solid place to take kids in Las Cruces. Went with my daughter and got a chance to play and see some wildlife thats very endemic to the area, which is nice since theres not a lot of wildlife to see. Folks at tbe museum were helpful. Only thing to keep in mind is that its pretty small, so keeping a kid entertained there for longer than 90 minutes might be tough. Lots of other things nearby.

Nice educational place for new mexico desert.

My kids love reptiles. They have a great variety of snapping turtles, lizards, toads, frogs etc.

Great place to take in some natural history of the area. Like the fossil tracks.

Nice place but very small. I feel the larger turtles and toads need larger homes

Great place for kids to explore and learn about space, photonics, desert wildlife, and has a few cool fossils for them to look at. There are also some hands on activities for kids. My children are 5, 2, and 3 months.

This place offers wonderful educational as well as fun activities for people of all ages at no cost. There is no reason this place should not be packed full of people all of the time.

This is an awesome museum that the City of Las Cruces provides. Granted it isnt on the scale of a childrens museum or a dedicated science museum, but it does touch on a lot of subjects in a very small space. They have astronomy, topology, fossils, love animals found in the area, dead animals found in the area, and at times host certain events mostly for children. They are attached to the Art museum complex as well and are across a courtyard from the Branigan Cultural Center. All of these museums are free but also accept a pay what you think we are worth donation system. Its well worth at least five dollars. Dont go expecting the world, and youll have a great time.

I love visiting this place, but every time I go there the snapping turtle is freaking out. Give the poor guy a proper ledge to sun himself already. He cant get out of the water.

Nice family day out

Small but educational. Great staff and various fun activities for children.

It was free when we went, and great for kids. The actually had little science experiments for kids. Check out the giant Amethyst!

This is pretty good Museum. Since its government-run much of the active displays are non-functional. But the static displays are usually pretty good, and do rotate enough to make a bi yearly visit worthwhile, for children. There is usually at least something new every other year that might be of interest to adults.

Right now they are having fun with dinosaurs..and fossils

Free Admission and a ton of fun activities to keep you entertained!

I stop often. Always informational. They need a plumber

Love bringing the kids. The name itself is very appropriate, in that youll find (mostly live) exhibits of wildlife and some interactive exhibits like the one where you can use prisms to refract light. I remember a nanotech exhibit I particularly enjoyed myself

The kiddos loved it, they got to watch the feeding of the snakes, even touched one..

My Nephew loves Science, Dionosours, & Reptiles we go with him every Saturday and they always have things to do and we never get bored. It may not be the biggest place but they always try to make learning fun.

Great hands on fun activities for kids. Love of live dessert amphibians. Lizards, turtles, snakes and more.

It was between exhibits; I cant give a fair acessment. I was there for a photography workshop.Good session lead by a local artist grad student.From looking at the spaces the museum has, I believe it should be reasonable for accessibility .Elevator to the second floor. No major architecture barriers that I recognized.I look forward to going back for future exhibits.One warning... The traffic pattern outside was disrupted by street improvements. Check before you go ... Not sure how long that mess will last.

Interesting place to go if your in the downtown area.

Fun! Variety! High quality museum! Right here in little ole Cruces! Saturday during Farmers Market they have activities for young ones right out front. It also connects to the art museum, also high quality!

Nice small museum. Kid friendly.

Part of several great free things to do in Cruces. Met wonderful people and did a little scavenger hunt.

Wonderful museum. Slightly small but great place to take kids or spend some free time to learn about the area and local artists. Helpful workers and guards.

Had so much fun even did the scavenger hunt will definitely visit again when in New Mexico

It was great. My little one certainly enjoyed it.

Pretty cool. Small but definitely something to entertain thet littles for 30-45 minutes

My kids had fun. They loved the big snapping turtle the most. They are 4 and 2 years old.

Neat little museum. Great displays. They even offer classes.

Very nice exhibits and a spectacular dimetrodon skeleton. A tad small, but its put together nicely. Also has an attached art museum with great pieces.

Cute little place its free and worth a stop in to let the kids out to learn a little bit and have some fun

A small but well organized museum

Small but interesting museum. Entrance also includes train museum down the street.Work on the roads now on both sides of museum so easy to drive by it & one side is also one way @ this time.

A great museum to take the family. Only got to see the science side but Im glad something like this is on main street.

Love the atmosphere staff very friendly actually a relaxing yet interesting museum I would definitely recommend and come again

Just wonderful take your kids there lots of hands on stuff

Excellent small but inspiring museum!

Love this on Saturdays during the Farmers market. The kids can take a break from the heat use the restroom and learn.

Nice place to take the kids on a hot afternoon. Nice collection of fossils and live animals.

Wonderful free museum. Very new looking with some great live exhibits and some educational displays.

Awesome place for children. The place is very clean and friendly staff.

Great place lots of history play ground ...nice view.

A small science museum but its worth the visit. It gave me ideas how fascinating Las Cruces and the surroundings are because dinosaurs once roamed these places so long ago. You see evidences here at this museum.

My visiting grandsons loved this museum. How nice that its free. Always something to learn for all ages. They also enjoyed the adjoining art museum.

Nice small family museum. Enjoyed the exhibits. Very educational. Entertained our 7 year old all the way up to our 17 year old!!

It is pretty small for the average person, but probably just for when you are taking a 2 year old. My grandson thoroughly enjoyed it and really like the live animal displays.

We had a great experience here. Staff was friendly and helpful.

Staff were there to answer questions and knowledgeable about the content.

It wasnt a very big machine but it was done up nice

Was very nice for small town museum. Located around so many different shops.

Great place for families to visit, very kid friendly!

Its small but its free and the kids enjoyed the animals!!

I great place to see if you have some free time. We saw all three places which were free. We still donate some money to this wonderful place. We really appreciate it. Thanks for having this place open. We really enjoyed the history and culture and knowledge your town shared with us. Thanks

Small but very informative and well done. The main exhibit now are the animals the desert and an astronomy exhibit

Many of these review are for the ART MUSEUM, not the Nature and Science Museum. As for that little gem, it is no longer kid friendly. A few turtles, magnets, and a globe screen. The dinosaur dig pit has been out of commission longer than its been usable. The toddler times/educational stuff they do is a coloring page and a streaming show. No is allowed to make noise, walk happily, or enjoy their time. Even though its free, I cannot say that its worth taking the time to go.

Cool experience for my son

Nice free museum with an emphasis on the local wildlife of the Chihuahuan desert plus animals living in this area during the Pleistocene. They have a good display of dinosaur tracks (footprints.) Families with children should find it especially interesting.

Lots of New Mexico history.

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Need a gift shop...part of the fun.

The Las Cruces Museum of Nature & Science is a great place to take children for an outing. The museum is free, and they have some hands on activities. My grandkids enjoyed their day there. The Art museum is connected so you can also view some great art after you visited the Nature and Science Museum and the Art Museum is free too. They do have donations boxes in both areas so drop a few bills to keep these museums in our community.

Small, a few live animals mostly amphibians, reptiles, insects and turtles. Can go through this museum in less than an hour. Its connected to the art museum. Some great info on the Mesilla Valley animals and their habitats. This museum is on the downtown Mall, where the farmer and craft market runs every Wednesday and Saturday 52 weeks a year.The museum is informative and regional specific also has great info on the prehistoric regional areas and digs.

Very good and informative dislays

Cant beat a free museum! Great for kids of all ages - adults can enjoy it too. Nice addition to Las Cruces

I was helping setting for Southern New Mexico Pride booth at the Farmers market Plz go by and support our local L.B.G.T.Q. they will be there till 1 PM today

Always enjoy a visit to the museum...great setting...nice employees and volunteers.

Educational. Exhibits are carefully planned. Good balance between written into and visuals.

Free museum with great exhibitions, lots of useful information, weekly activities for the kids and excellent customer service.

Helpful and knowledgeable staff. Great presentations for young and old alike, covering local Flora and fauna, to space and astronomy

A great place to take your children in the heart of downtown Las Cruces. They have lots of interactive learning tools, animals, dinosaur fossils, and a neat planet display. A must visit!

Great little museum. I was impressed for it being a free museum.

Small but great

This place has dinosaur tracks from a local site just out of town. And some interesting interpretation. Worth a stop.

We had a great time.

Love bringing my kids here!

Amazing. Good place to bring visitors of all ages.

Great interactive displays & very child friendly.

My son loves this place. Especially the interactive space stuff. And a free class for preschool kids on Thursday mornings.

My toddler loves it and I love they have activities for them