Wear a costume and visit our Haunted Museums to add a sticker to your treasure hunt map. Receive a prize after you've visited all four museums. Trick-or-treat at our museums and enjoy our decorations and activities. Every museum has maps, stickers, and prizes available. All ages No charge No registration
Join our Railroad Museum curator at the Masonic Cemetery for a walking tour. Learn about cemetery design and meet some unique Las Cruces residents from the past! Ages: 13+ Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Masonic Cemetery Office, 760 S. Compress Rd., Las Cruces, NM 88005
What better way is there to discuss death than over cake and a hot beverage? Join us in a series of Death Cafes, which offer a safe space for people to have open discussions about death while enjoying a slice of cake and a hot beverage. Ages: 18+ Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Branigan Cultural Center
Nurture your little one’s love of science! Investigate nature and science through hands-on explorations, stories, and crafts. Adult caregiver participation is required. Ages: 2-5 Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes for 9am, No for 10am Location: Museum of Nature & Science Classroom
Nurture your little one’s love of science! Investigate nature and science through hands-on explorations, stories, and crafts. Adult caregiver participation is required. Ages: 2-5 Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes for 9am, No for 10am Location: Museum of Nature & Science Classroom
Come to the Branigan Cultural Center on All Hallows Eve to discuss cultural connections to death and the various ways in which death is revered and celebrated around the world. Visitor Experience Manager, Emilia Linley, will host a panel of guests to discuss how they revere the dead in their culture or practice and how it connects to the Day of the Dead. Ages: 18+ Fee: Free Registration Required: No...
Come by the Railroad Museum for engaging gallery activities made just for kids! Become a conductor and take control of our interactive model trains. Ages: 2-5 Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Railroad Museum
Explore the amazing world of our state’s amazing forests featuring hands on activities with Phil Yost. Visit the station in the atrium and discover something new about our forests. Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Museum of Nature & Science Atrium
What we eat is important to our health, and for the animals in the Nature Center it’s no different. Learn about the enrichment activities we use during mealtimes and more while you watch them display their natural instincts. Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Museum of Nature & Science Nature Center
Explore a current or recent museum topic through a fun, family-friendly art project. This is a drop-in program and supplies will be provided. Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Museum of Nature & Science Atrium
Join us for an evening workshop with guest artist Lizbeth Sanchez Pineda as we make an embroidered "La Llorona" or weeping woman. Ages: 13+ Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes, Space is Limited Location: Museum of Art
A brief ten to fifteen-minute opportunity to learn more about our city’s past, present, and future. Join in a discussion topic that we repeat throughout the hour within the Las Cruces: Crossroads of History exhibit. Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Branigan Cultural Center
Nurture your little one’s love of science! Investigate nature and science through hands-on explorations, stories, and crafts. Adult caregiver participation is required. Ages: 2-5 Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes for 9am, No for 10am Location: Museum of Nature & Science Classroom
Nurture your little one’s love of science! Investigate nature and science through hands-on explorations, stories, and crafts. Adult caregiver participation is required. Ages: 2-5 Fee: Free Registration Required: Yes for 9am, No for 10am Location: Museum of Nature & Science Classroom
Explore art as a family with a take-home art kit! Dive into art through projects inspired by individual artists, art movements, or other fun art topics while supplies last. Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Registration Required: No Location: Museum of Art Front Desk
