Have work to do or just looking to give your kids a cool summer experience? Albuquerque has camps for everything from flamenco dancing to forest excursions.
Check out our list of summer camps around the city. Registration for many camps starts early in the year and continues until camps are full.
High school juniors and seniors can learn about UNM’s School of Architecture and Planning and the disciplines in which the school offers degrees and certificates. Programs in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
This camp for high schoolers “offers participants hands-on activities & learning experiences in all areas of engineering and computer science. Students meet with engineering & computer science students as well as STEM faculty and industry professionals,” according to the website.
Experience Nuclear Engineering 2025 is a one-week, residential, hands-on nuclear science and engineering program for twenty high school students (aged 15-18) hosted by the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the main campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The program dates are July 20-26, 2025.
The Children’s Campus has popular camps for elementary and middle school aged kids. As of 3/11/25, the only spots left are for middle schoolers, and names are no longer being put on the waitlist for elementary schoolers.
The Albuquerque Museum is offering a variety of summer art classes for students ages 3 – 14. Topics including print making, weaving and using found objects.
The Friends of Tijeras Pueblo and the Cibola National Forest are offering the “Want to Be a Junior Archaeologist?” camp for kids ages 10 – 14. Students will spend a week outdoors with professional and avocational archaeologists learning excavation and survey methods, local history, and how to record sites and artifacts.
Presented by the National Institute of Flamenco, Flamenco Kids Camp is a one-week day camp that introduces children ages 5-12 to flamenco arts and culture.
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History will host week-long “Science is Everywhere” Summer Camps from June 2 through Aug. 8 for Pre-K through 6th grade students. Learn more.