This was a great museum located near the Acoma mesa, at the Sky City Cultural Center. On my recent…read morevisit, they had a special exhibition on oolas and it was great to see some cool historical pictures of oolas through the years in terms of functionality and art. It's a small museum, but still impressive in what pieces are used as well as how stories are told. This is a great place to visit!

I loved this museum and the Sky City tour. If you find yourself in New Mexico, this place is a…read moremust. Native owned and operated, it provides both a contemporary and historical glimpse into the lives of the Pueblo of Acoma.

Lovely area the city set up here! Entertaining to walk around, well maintained grass, even some…read more The train is cool too. It's by city hall! Next to a busy road.

What a fun little stop for pictures and to check out a part of iconic Route 66. There's a small…read morewell kept park next door and great place to stretch your legs after a long stretch of driving. There's a few mom and pop restaurants near by as well. Loved it!

Don't bother. The "pueblo" is just a bunch of mis-matched houses patched with modern materials like…read morevinyl windows, concrete blocks, bricks, and tar paper. Window air conditioning units abound. Cars are parked willy-nilly everywhere so there is no way to take a decent photo. The tour was supposed to be at least 45 minutes but the tour guide (not very informative) was shooing us back onto the bus at 25 minutes. The history of the pueblo is interesting but the present-day reality, not so much. Serious disappointment.

The most striking of the Pueblo villages, and perhaps the oldest continuously occupied community in…read morethe USA, is Acoma Pueblo, and more particularly, Sky City. 60 miles west of Albuquerque, N.M., the "People of the White Rock," first established their adobe homes atop this isolated butte 360 feet above the arid plain below sometime in the 12th Century, long before the invading Conquistadors in the 16th Century. A perfect fortress against marauders, the few thousand locals who worked the land below and maintained the hidden stairways and tunnels to the 70 flat acres above, were prosperous farmers and traders with indigenous groups as far away as the Aztec and Mayans in Central America, with established trails from ocean to ocean. For anyone who has visited Israel and climbed Masada overlooking the Dead Sea, Acoma Sky City feels like a brother citadel. The climb is not as long, but the sense of history and humanity is as powerful. You can now take a motorized vehicle to the summit, but that would be cheating you out of a most challenging and unique experience. Go on foot, from narrow stone step to the next; grabbing handholds where strategically placed, and duck down to squeeze through narrow vertical shafts to the next level, until emerging on top where ancient adobe homes and wide dusty plaza greet you. Walk around allowing your imagination to return you to the 14th Century when Acoma was a center of civilization, and you could see 100 miles in all directions from the rim.

Other than an informative exhibit on the Navajo Livestock Reduction program in the 1930's, the…read moremuseum collection is disappointingly limited. It's worthwhile stopping by for a quick visit if you are in the area. I won't consider the museum a destination however.

As a Dine, I was humbled and inspired to see all the history carefully curated in this sacred…read moreplace. I walked away being very proud of my heritage and strengthened knowing I come from such proud and resilient people.

This museum is very well done, with displays on Native American culture, mining history and…read morerailroad history. My favorite was the video on the Navajo Code Talkers. They were Marines in WWII, who used the Navajo language to provide instant battlefield communication that was a secret code that didn't have to be deciphered. This was particularly useful on Iwo Jima and in other crucial battles in the Pacific. It significantly increased the effectiveness of the Marine Corps, and saved a lot of American lives.

Hidden gem in Gallup. There is a small museum upstairs that showcases the Navajo culture as well…read moreas local pueblos. There is a small café (Angela's Café) that has yummy food. The restaurant is only open during the week, but the museum upstairs is pretty cool.

This was a 3 hour gem show that is a free entry and many…read morethings for sale. A couple C notes later and we think we have some very special ones for our collection. at home. If you like to look or buy , you will love it. Minerals from around the world and as local as Soccoro. We bought both.

This is a "must-stop" spot if you're in the area. I'm so amazed by the beautiful minerals, rocks,…read moreand materials mother Earth hid for us to uncover. New Mexico Tech is known for their mineral/materials/energetic/etc. research, so come see the materials they found for us! Although the museum is small, there is no admission fee. Everything is on display with the type of mineral and it's location. There are some categorized displays such as Minerals of the US, All Turquoise, or Minerals of North America. There was also a box by the entrance with a bunch of rocks. I took a few home as souvenirs. Extremely convenient because I actually love collecting rocks whenever I travel and hike in other places. Thank you NM! Definitely a place to check out, get some geology lessons, and see the beautiful rocks! Especially for those who are into "stones, quartz, etc."

This place is great, especially during the week. Small quiet campground with 9 spaces, sweet…read morevisitor center with very friendly staff. Also, this is the cleanest park i have ever been to!!

Wonderful park with a 2 mile scenic scenic loop trail taking you by inscriptions in the rock dating…read moreback to the 1800's.

Excellent & informative tour! We called ahead to make sure there was room for our 9 AM tour, which…read moreI would recommend since the afternoon tour had 30 + people scheduled. We watched the video before the tour that was very informative and enlightening. Our tour guide, Mike, took us on a short bus ride out to the site, during which we saw bald eagles and their nest. Once at the site, Mike provided a ton of information about the site, petroglyphs, construction, and astronomical significance. He was a wealth of information and referenced many archeologists who have visited and/or written about the site. Well worth the time to visit!

We went on the summer solstice hike and it was so fun! I'm very thankful we got to participate.read more

This was a great stop for us. The museum is informative about the Zuni heritage but what was…read moreparticularly good was the man who ran it. He is really good at fielding questions so ask questions, it adds so much. The Visitors Center and the Aviary for rehabbing Eagles were also terrific. We were lucky enough to be there on a day when they had one of their seasonal ceremonial dances. These are not scheduled or published events, but are part of their heritage still practiced. We were permitted to observe (no photography allowed). The people were friendly and hospitable, well worth the visit. We planned to see the museum in the morning and keep driving, but we ended up staying the night at a B&B (The Inn at Halona). What a good stop.

for a museum located in the heart of the village. This small yet awesome jewel is a place to visit…read morewhen in Zuni. Even as a living member of the community, I can say this place has it all. Artifacts dating back to the times of Onate and Cornado's exploration of the Zuni lands around Hawikku. The staff is knowledgeable of the artifacts in the place and the stories that accompany each item. Stop by and learn about our great people through Mr. Quam's talks of the migration/emergence of Zuni people or check out the murals by Getty Epaloose and Zuni tribal members.

Worth the drive if you take the tour up the hill. Visiting the center itself good to see the…read morehistory and culture.

As local New Mexico residents, we have driven by this exit so many times. Had a house guest from…read moreTaiwan and decided to take the short ride to Sky City and visit the Acoma Pueblo. It was amazing, our tour guide Gayle, was outstanding...so well informed and was able to relate the history and lifestyle on the pueblo. We all enjoyed the visit. Many vendors offer local goods and artworks. I highly recommend look for Gayle as your tour guide.