El Camino Real International Heritage Center has proven to be a nice day-trip for school groups from Las Cruces to
Albuquerque. The exhibits and displays are designed as an interactive learning center for school children from about the third
grade onward. Our outdoor patio and ampitheater is often used for demonstrations, teacher presentations, and as a lunch
and recess area. All exhibits and Center facilities are wheel chair accessible, making it suitable for most special needs students.
Free
Admission. Monument admission is free to school groups for any day of the week except closed Tuesdays. The Heritage
Center Foundation also provides limited funding to those school groups requiring financial assistance with bus or fuel fees.
Bus
Parking. The large parking lot at the Center ensures easy parking for school busses near the entrance.
Lunch. The
Center provides no food services. Most schools provide box lunches for their students. The confined areas of the
ampitheater and our red brick patio is ideal for lunch or other group activities. Indoor facilities are available
in the event of incliment weather.
For more information, or to schedule your school field trip, call the Center at 575-854-3600.
Outdoor ampitheater and patio is ideal for student presentations, lunch, and "recess."
The Center hosts numerous Hispanic, Native American, colonial, and territorial heritage events throughout the year. Upcoming
events are listed on our EVENTS Page.
Most special events are held at the Center on Saturdays and open to the public.
They are often attended by organized school groups. If you would like your school group to attend one of the functions, or your
school group would like to participate in the activity with special arts and crafts, music, song or dancing performances, please call
the Center at 575-854-3600.
Students from Salem and Arrey schools performing folklorico dances at the Center.
Students from Socorro participating in the traditional Las Posadas at the Center.
The Center welcomes the smiling faces of our student visitors.
Traditional Spanish dances being performed by students from the Alamogordo schools.
Displays and exhibits at the Center take the student back in time to learn the history and heritage of the trail - and New
Mexico.
Interactive and period displays, such as this early tienda, shows what life was like and the items used in colonial
New Mexico.
For Schools and Teachers . . .
Classroom and
Lesson plans, rubrics, handouts, etc.
Updated 20 Dec 2007
Heritage and Special Event Programs
(Lesson plans, rubrics, handouts, etc.)
Teacher's Survey: The NM Department of Cultural Affairs is comprised of eight state museums, six state monuments, the State
Library, the Historic Preservation Division, and NMArts. We'd like to know more about how you use resources from museums, monuments,
and cultural institutions in your classroom teaching.
As a thank you for answering our questions, we'd like to offer you a DCA
Culture Pass which will allow you one free admission to each State Museum and Monument in New Mexico. Information on how to request
a Culture Pass is at the end of the survey.
Thank you for helping us to serve you better!
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