Docent guided tours for the public at the Museum of Nature & Science (MONAS) are offered free during regular Museum hours. Tours take a minimum of 30 minutes per museum. Large parties will be broken into smaller groups of 20-25 for a better learning experience. We ask that schools/groups provide proper adult supervision, which is one adult for every ten middle/high school student and one adult for every eight pre-school/elementary school student. Teachers and chaperones are required to stay with their assigned groups throughout the tour.
Typically tour groups rotate between one or more museums during a given tour date and time frame. Some field trips start at the Museum of Nature & Science (MONAS), if no start location is listed the tour starts in the museum courtyard.
To be able to give a tour as a docent an hour-long training needs to be scheduled with Emilia Linley via the contact information listed at the bottom of the page.
Upcoming Tours
- April 17 - Booker T. Washington Elementary - 2nd (41 Students, 6 Adults)
- Three groups with adult chaperones split among them for the field trip starting at the Museum Courtyard
- May 5 - Dell Elementary (Deming), 5th (44 Students, 6 Adults)
- Three groups with adult chaperones split among them for the field trip starting at the Museum Courtyard
- May 6 - Columbus Elementary (Deming), 3rd (75 Students, 9-10 Adults)
- Three groups with adult chaperones split among them for the field trip starting at the Museum Courtyard
- June 12 - Leadership Las Cruces (Adult Group), (26 Participants, 5 Leaders)
- One group - all docents and group together - starting at Branigan Cultural Center
- May 12 - Doña Ana Community Elementary - 1st (47 Students, 5 Adults)
- Four groups with adult chaperones split among them for the field trip starting at the Museum Courtyard
Please call 575-541-2321 or send an email to Emilia at elinley@lascruces.gov for specific information about the tour group.
