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If you're at all a science geek, be sure to visit the following:
Los Alamos, about an hour nice drive from Santa Fe IIRC. Federal atomic research site, famous for the development of the atomic bomb. There's a museum in a sort of strip mall on the way into town, then some preserved historic buildings showing how the rearly researchers lived. You can drive around some of the facilities but there are a lot of restricted areas in town.
Museum on military base next to ABQ. IIRC you need to make an advance reservation to get a gate pass: Free and free parking. Focus on atomic power/weapons and aircraft.
Also next to ABQ is Sandia National Labs, but AFAIK there's no way to enter as a "tourist."