Please make sure to check for the most up-to-date information before planning your visit.
Open 9:00am to 5:00pm Wednesday through Monday. Closed Tuesday. (7 of the 9 buildings begin closing at 4:30).
Closed New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
A 22 min. video begins at the Visitor’s Center every half hour.Admission Prices:
Adults – $5.00
Children 17 and under – Free
New Mexico Senior Citizens (60+) – Free on Wednesdays
New Mexico Residents – Free the 1st Sunday of Every Month
Blue Star Program for Active Duty Military Families (up to 5 family members) – Free Memorial Day through Labor Day
New Mexico foster parents and foster children are admitted free
Lincoln Historic Site is unique in that it manages most of the historical buildings in the community of Lincoln. This most widely visited state monument in New Mexico is part of a community frozen in time—the 1870’s and 1880’s. Through a gift from the Hubbard Family Trust, the historic site now includes 17 structures and outbuildings, 7 of which are open year round and 2 more seasonally as museums. Most of the buildings in the community are representative of the Territorial Style of adobe architecture in the American Southwest.
For more information about on-site tours or in-class presentations, please contact: Tiffanie.Owen@state.nm.us (most-reliable communication method)
or call: 575-653-4025 ext. 111
On-Site Tour Scheduling (weather permitting):
(Please contact us 2-4 weeks in advance to schedule your tour).
School tours may be scheduled Tues.-Fri. for a morning or afternoon session.
Morning Session: 10:00-12:00 (Not including bathroom or lunch breaks.)
Afternoon Session: 12:00-2:00 (Not including bathroom or lunch breaks.)
*** If you considering both Lincoln and Fort Stanton Historic Site, tour times will be adjusted to allow a break for both students and staff.
Touring Lincoln and Fort Stanton Historic Sites:
Lincoln and Fort Stanton Historic Sites are within 12 miles of each other and both provide completely different learning opportunities for your students. Since the stories of both sites are connected by the Lincoln County War, you may consider a tour at one site in the morning, a lunch break and then complete the experience with a tour of the other site in the afternoon. For most classes, this option is typically influenced by drive time and bus schedules.
Teachers & Chaperones:
Lincoln Historic Site can accommodate tours up to 60 students. For safety reasons, please plan on a teacher/chaperone to student ratio of 1 adult for every 10 students. Large groups will be split into two smaller groups.
It is important that chaperones understand their role in supervising students. At both sites, the buildings themselves should be treated as artifacts, as well as the items contained within. Students should be instucted not to touch or sit on artifacts or funtiture, not to walk or climb on structures or walls and not to climb, run or jump while inside buildings. Students should also be instructed to use “inside voices” while in the museums and to stay with the tour guide at all times, especially while moving along the highway through Lincoln Historic Site.
Cost:
Tours of Lincoln Historic Site are free for Educational Groups.
Driving Directions:
From I.H.25 10 miles south of Socorro take U.S. 380 east. It is 98 miles from San Antonio to Lincoln.
From U.S.70 between Roswell and Ruidoso take U.S.380 west. It is 10 miles to Lincoln.
For GPS users, please use “Lincoln, NM” as your destination, with no street address.
Nearby Attractions:
FROM LINCOLN:
Smokey Bear Historical Park is 12 miles west in Capitan.
The Hubbard Museum of the American West is 34 miles by U.S.380 & U.S.70 in Ruidoso Downs.
Valley of Fires National Recreation Area is 34 miles west on U.S.380.
The Roswell Museum and Art Center and The International U.F.O. Museum and Research Center are 57 miles east in Roswell.
In addition Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, and the Mescalero Apache Reservation have between them 2 casinos, a horse racing track, 4 public golf courses, and a downhill ski resort.
