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.

The Navajo Nation museum has several exhibits. There is a permanent exhibit about the "Long Walk",…read morewhich was the forced relocation of the Dine people to Fort Sumner in the late 1800s. There are also photos, paintings, rugs, pottery, etc. There is a traditional hogan outside of the museum so visitors can see what a traditional Navajo home looks like. There is an awesome topographic map of the Nation in the lobby. NO ENTRANCE FEE, but please donate to help with upkeep, etc. Within the museum, there is a library for the community; there is a gift shop; and there are conference rooms if you want to hold an event here. The building is quite beautiful. I definitely recommend stopping here if you are going through the area.

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."

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

El Morro is an unexpected and therefore under visited national park site. Because of this, it is…read moreeven more worth the visit. Well off the modern beaten path, it was much less so over 150 years ago. Travelers of all kinds "pasó por aqui" (passed through here), leaving inscriptions on the rock face while seeking refuge from the harsh desert environment. The water pool oasis at the base of the jutting rock face fills only from precipitation and never dries. It's been a waypoint for at least a millennium. If you are less inclined to the post-colonial history, you'll still be happy to visit here. Pueblo dwelling walls of stone still remain just beside the Headland/Mesa Top Trail that takes you up to the top of this landmark for a high view over the surrounding plains and even down into the so-called Box Canyon. The original carvings in the sandstone predate settlers as petroglyphs featuring animals that once roamed here. The visitor center is very informative with friendly staff, a small museum, and a short film about site history. Naturally, a gift shop seals the deal with plenty of gifts and books to send or carry back home. With no fee entry, it's absolutely worth a step off the beaten path to "pass through here".

My husband & I participated in the tour of Casa Malpais. All we can say is, WOW!! What a hidden…read moretreasure! How come we never heard of this amazing site before?!?! Our tour guide, John, was fantastic. He shared facts mixed in with humor and theories of these ancient people. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

The Casa Malpais museum is in the Springerville Heritage Center. There are 4 museums in the center…read more Admission to Casa Malpais museum is free. It is a small museum with beautiful artifacts from the Casa Malpais site. Museum hours are Monday-Saturday, 8 am-4 pm (year-round). Site Tours run Tuesday - Saturday from March through November. Tour Times are 9 am & 1 pm-weather permitting. There is a limit of 14 people per tour. You go to the site in a van because they have it closed to protect the site because it's locked to protect the site. Tours are closed on some holidays and there are some sold out dates. Check the website or call for specifics. We took the tour which starts at the museum with a film explaining the site and has and introduction by Hopi and Zuni elders. It explains what will happen on the tour and what you need (good hiking shoes, hat and water. The fee for the tour is $10 for adults, $8.00 for seniors and $5.00 for youth under 18 yrs old. Jeff Fisher did our tour. He was a wealth of knowledge about the site and gave us so much information. We really enjoyed it and you can really tell he cares about the site. He helped us imagine how life was at the site. The site includes an astronomical calendar, a great kiva, ancient stairways and rock art from the Mogollon culture. The hike is about a mile going uphill 150 feet in elevation (though it seemed much more) and includes some steep, rocky sections. The tour takes approximately 2 to 2.5 hours to complete. I highly recommend this tour. We have already planned on returning next year.

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.