We went there on Saturday, April 7th along with our two sons 9 and 10. My husband and I found it fascinating, but the boys, not so much. We met a female astronomer inside the museum section who was extremely helpful, even with our rather uneducated questions. After, we went on a tour outside, which I found very interesting, but... More

The walking trail was too short! I wanted to see more. We had a great time there, I just wish there was more information. More

This was worth the short detour (take 52 off of hwy 60). The radio telescopes can move on train tracks to make different configuration for different purposes. This is NOT SETI--but if SETI ever finds something worth listening to, they'll call the VLA More

i truly appreciate the science that goes on related to this site and devotees of the movie "contact" will find it a bit more interesting than most, but no real excitement to be had here... except for the herds of elk on the road at night, be very careful driving More

A bit of a drive, but quite interesting to see once you are there.  Lots of information and some displays.  Pretty drive to the area. More

At the visitor's center, the science - that is, the reason for the observatory - is not excessively dumbed down, so a certain kind of tourist may find the exhibits a little bland or hard to access. It is quiet and never crowded. If you have kids who are interested in the natural world or astronomy, please make the trip.... More

We were visitng Bosque and typically photography in the early am and in the afternoon. This was a good diversion (a little under an hour to get there) but we were bummed to learn that they are in face not listening for alien life forms. More

very interesting site. lots of movies have been filmed here. beautiful ride through mountains from socorro More

The VLA has different configurations depending on what the scientists are testing for. On our day it was spread out as widely as possible, so there were dishes all across the flat, wide valley. I think it was neat that way, but some people might like the "movie" look where they are all close together. The walking tour was great... More