List of museums in New Mexico

This list of museums in New Mexico is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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The list

Name	Image	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center		Zuni Pueblo	Northwest	Native American	website, heritage of the Zuni
Alamogordo Museum of History		Alamogordo	Southeast	Local history	Formerly the Tularosa Basin Historical Society Museum
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Art, Local history	Art of the Southwest and over 400 years of Albuquerque history
American International Rattlesnake Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Natural history	Live snakes, snake art, exhibits and memorabilia
Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Aerospace	History, science, and art of ballooning and other lighter than air flight
Amistad Museum		Amistad	Northeast	Local history	information
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art		Roswell	Southeast	Art	website
Artesia Historical Museum & Art Center		Artesia	Southeast	Local history	website, exhibits include Native American artifacts, period kitchen, children's items, farm & ranch display, oil & gas industry
Aztec Museum & Pioneer Village		Aztec	Northwest	Open air	website
Aztec Ruins National Monument		Aztec	Northwest	Archaeology	Visitor center museum features exhibits about the ruins of several ancestral Pueblo structures
Bandelier National Monument		Los Alamos	North Central	Native American	Ancestral pueblo homes, kivas (ceremonial structures), rock paintings and petroglyphs, and museum with ancestral Pueblo artifacts, contemporary Pueblo pottery, CCC woodwork and tinwork
Bataan Memorial Military Museum & Library		Santa Fe	North Central	Military	website, focused on the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment
Billy the Kid Museum		Fort Sumner	Southeast	Biographical	website, memorabilia from Western outlaw Billy the Kid, firearms and antique automobiles
Black Range Museum		Hillsboro	Southwest	Local history	information, information
Blackwater Draw Museum & Archaeological Site		Portales	Southeast	Archaeology	Operated by the Eastern New Mexico University, artifacts and exhibits associated with the Blackwater Draw, the type site of the Clovis culture
Bolack Electromechanical Museum		Farmington	Northwest	Natural history	website, located at B-Square Ranch
Bolack Museum of Fish & Wildlife		Farmington	Northwest	Technology	website, located at B-Square Ranch, includes antique electrical, radio, communication, industrial and agricultural artifacts
Bond House Museum		Espanola	North Central	Local history	website
Bosque Redondo Memorial		Fort Sumner		History	History of Fort Sumner and the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
Bradbury Science Museum		Los Alamos	North Central	Science	History and science work done at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Branigan Cultural Center		Las Cruces	Southwest	Local history	website
Capulin Volcano National Monument		Raton	Northeast	Natural history	Visitor center features exhibits about the volcano and the area's geology, natural and cultural history
Carlsbad Caverns National Park		Carlsbad	Southeast	Natural history	Visitor center exhibits include bats, geology, area history, Lechuguilla Cave
Carlsbad Museum & Art Center		Carlsbad	Southeast	Multiple	website, includes local and regional history, Native American art and artifacts, and modern, contemporary and Southwestern art
Casa San Ysidro		Corrales	Central New Mexico	Historic house	Operated by the Albuquerque Museum, recreation of a 19th century rancho
Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum		Santa Fe	North Central	Local history	website, exhibits include mining equipment, rocks, bottles, tools, insulator, coffee can, hand grinders & antique collections
Chaco Culture National Historical Park		Farmington	Northwest	Native American	Archaeology artifacts from the ruins
Chimayo Museum		Chimayo	North Central	Local history	website
City of Las Vegas Museum		Las Vegas	Northeast	Local history	website, photos, exhibits include local history, Santa Fe Trail and the Rough Riders
Cleveland Roller Mill Museum		Mora	Northeast	Mill	website
Columbus Historical Society Museum		Columbus	Southwest	Local history	information
Coronado State Monument		Bernalillo	Southeast	History	Features reconstructed kiva ruins, prehistoric and historic Indian and Spanish colonial artifacts
Deming Luna Mimbres Museum		Deming	Southwest	Multiple	website, exhibits include Mimbres pottery, rocks and geodes, area military history, period store front displays, farming and ranching displays, local history, local collections
E³ Children's Museum & Science Center		Farmington	Northwest	Children's	website
Eastern New Mexico University Natural History Museum		Portales	Southeast	Natural history	website, part of Eastern New Mexico University, exhibits and live plants and animals of eastern New Mexico and the greater Southwest
E.I. Couse Historic Home and Studio		Taos	North Central	Historic house	website, house of artist E. Irving Couse
El Camino Real International Heritage Center		Socorro	Southwest	History	History and heritage of the people who traveled along the El Camino Real trail in the 18th century
Elizabethtown Museum		Elizabethtown	Northeast	Local history	information
El Morro National Monument		Ramah	Northwest	Natural history	Visitor center features exhibits about the cultural and natural history of El Morro
El Rancho de las Golondrinas		Santa Fe	North Central	Living	Recreated 18th century Spanish Colonial ranch
El Rincon Trading Post and Museum		Taos	North Central	Native American	information, store with museum display of Native American and Western artifacts
Ernest L. Blumenschein Home & Museum		Taos	North Central	Historic house	House of artist Ernest L. Blumenschein
Ernie Pyle House/Library		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Biographical	Home of reporter Ernie Pyle, now a branch library with Pyle memorabilia and a monument to Pyle
¡Explora! Science Center and Children's Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Science	Science museum with interactive exhibits for children
Farmington Museum		Farmington	Northwest	Local history	website
Folsom Museum		Folsom	Northeast	Local history	website, exhibits include the Folsom Site, African American cowboy George McJunkin, train robber Black Jack Ketchum, law office and general store displays
Fort Union National Monument		Watrous	Northeast	Military	Ruins of three forts and visitor center with exhibits, seasonal living history programs
Fort Selden State Monument		Las Cruces	Southwest
Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology		Abiquiú	North Central	Anthropology	website, part of Ghost Ranch
Gadsden Museum		Mesilla	Southwest	Local history	information
Gallup Cultural Center		Gallup	Northwest	Native American	website, art and culture
Gallup Historical Museum		Gallup	Northwest	Local history	information, operated by the Gallup Historical Society
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum		Santa Fe	North Central	Art	Works by artist Georgia O'Keeffe
Geronimo Springs Museum		Truth or Consequences	Southwest	Local history	website, natural and cultural history of Sierra County, includes fossils, Apache artifacts, Hispanic heritage, ranching, mining, Mimbres and Tularosa pottery, frontier history, military displays
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument		Silver City	Southwest	Archaeology
Governor Bent House and Museum		Taos	North Central	Historic house	website, home of New Mexico's first governor, also features gallery of Western art
Grandma's Trading Post and Museum		Truchas	North Central	Local history	information
Haa'ku Museum		Acoma Pueblo	Central New Mexico	Native American	website, history, art and customs of the Acoma
Hacienda de los Martinez		Taos	North Central	Historic house	website, 1804 Spanish Colonial adobe great house
Harvey House Museum		Belen	Central New Mexico	Multiple	website, operated by the Valencia County Historical Society, includes changing art and cultural exhibitions, Harvey Girls and Harvey Houses, Santa Fe Railway and Valencia County history, model railroads
Harwood Museum of Art		Taos	North Central	Art	website, historic and contemporary art and culture of the Taos region
Herzstein Memorial Museum		Clayton	Northeast	Local history	website, operated by the Union County Historical Society
Historical Center for Southeast New Mexico Museum		Roswell	Southeast	Historic house	website, 1912 home with first floor furnished for the period, second floor with local history displays
Hubbard Museum of the American West		Ruidoso Downs	Southeast	Multiple	website, local and regional arts, history and culture, collection includes horse gear from around the world, and carriages, wagons and horse drawn vehicles spanning hundreds of years
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Native American	Pueblo Indian history, culture and art
Institute of American Indian Arts		Santa Fe	North Central	Art	Contemporary Native American fine art
International UFO Museum		Roswell	Southeast	Science	website, exhibits about the Roswell UFO Incident, crop circles, UFO sightings, Area 51, ancient astronauts and abductions
Jemez State Monument		Jemez Springs	Northwest	History	Pueblo ruins and visitor center
Jicarilla Arts and Crafts Shop Museum		Dulce	Northwest	Native American	information, information, basketry, beadwork, paintings, leatherwork, and other arts and crafts
Jonson Gallery		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Art	website, operated by the University of New Mexico Art Museum, features works by modernist painter Raymond Jonson, his students and disciples
Kit Carson Home & Museum		Taos	North Central	Historic house	House of frontiersman Kit Carson
Kit Carson Museum		Rayado	Northeast	Living	website, presents 1850s frontier life and history of Kit Carson, operated by the Philmont Scout Ranch
Las Cruces Museum of Art		Las Cruces	Southwest	Art	website
Las Cruces Museum of Natural History		Las Cruces	Southwest	Natural history	website, natural history, science and the environment of New Mexico and the Chihuahuan Desert
Las Cruces Railroad Museum		Las Cruces	Southwest	Railroad	website
Lea County Museum		Lovington	Southeast	Open air	website, complex include a 1918 hotel, 1908 Love House, 1914 school, store and post office, dugout, 1950 Reed House
Lincoln State Monument		Lincoln	Southeast	Open air	Western town with 17 historic structures, 6 open as museums
Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum		Lordsburg	Southwest	Local history
Los Alamos Historical Museum		Los Alamos	North Central	Local history
Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts		Los Lunas	Central New Mexico	Multiple	website, local history and art, branch of the Los Lunas Public Library
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Anthropology	Prehistoric history of the Southwest, early humans, and other anthropology exhibits
McBride Museum		Roswell	Southeast	Military	website, part of New Mexico Military Institute, history of NMMI and its alumni in war and peace
Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum		Tucumcari	Northeast	Natural history	website, part of the Mesalands Community College
Meteorite Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Natural history	website, part of the University of New Mexico, located in Northrop Hall
Miles Mineral Museum		Portales	Southeast	Geology	website, part of Eastern New Mexico University,
Millicent Rogers Museum		Taos	North Central	Art	website, art and culture of historic and contemporary Northern New Mexico
Moriarty Historical Society and Museum		Moriarty	Central New Mexico	Local history	website
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture		Santa Fe	North Central	Native American	Art and culture of southwestern Native Americans
Museum of International Folk Art		Santa Fe	North Central	Art	Includes folk art, popular art, toys, ceramics, carvings and textiles from more than 100 nations
Museum of New Mexico		Santa Fe	North Central	Multiple	Includes five separate state-run museums: New Mexico Museum of Art, Palace of the Governors, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, New Mexico History Museum; also six separate New Mexico State Monuments
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art		Santa Fe	North Central	Art	website, Hispano art forms
National Hispanic Cultural Center		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Art	Art and culture from Hispanic communities
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Science	Scientific, historic, and cultural aspects of the Atomic Age, formerly the National Atomic Museum
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources Mineral Museum		Socorro	Southwest	Geology	website, located at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum		Las Cruces	Southwest	Agriculture
New Mexico Film Museum		Santa Fe	North Central	Media	website
New Mexico History Museum		Santa Fe	North Central	History	website, opens in 2009
New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Holocaust	History of the Holocaust, genocides and forms of bullying that have affected people around the world
New Mexico Mining Museum		Grants	Northwest	Mining	website
New Mexico Museum of Art		Santa Fe	North Central	Art	Fine art
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Natural history	Fossils and geology, astronomy, personal computer history
New Mexico Museum of Space History		Alamogordo	Southeast	Aerospace	Displays related to space flight and the space age, includes the International Space Hall of Fame
New Mexico State University Art Gallery		Las Cruces	Southwest	Art	website, part of New Mexico State University, contemporary visual arts in the border region
New Mexico State University Museum		Las Cruces	Southwest	Anthropology	website, part of New Mexico State University, exhibits include Southwestern and Mesoamerican pottery and changing exhibits
New Mexico Veterans Museum		Las Cruces	Southwest	Military	planned museum
Old Coal Mine Museum		Madrid	North Central	Multiple	website, information, exhibits include mining and railroad equipment, blacksmith shop, vintage autos and trucks, firefighting equipment, medical office equipment, farm equipment, homemaking and carpentry equipment
Old Mill Museum		Cimarron	Northeast	Mill	information, information
Palace of the Governors		Santa Fe	North Central	History	Important events, ideas, and themes in New Mexico's past
Pancho Villa State Park		Columbus	Southwest	Military	website, site of former Camp Furlong, used by General John J. Pershing in raid against Pancho Villa, includes expedition-era examples of the vehicles and technology employed by Pershing and his men
Pecos National Historical Park		Las Vegas	Northeast	History	Includes ruins of the Pecos pueblo and a mission church, historic adobe ranch home and a visitor center with exhibits
Percha Bank Museum		Kingston	Southwest	Local history	website
Petroglyph National Monument		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico		Includes volcanos, archeological sites and an estimated 20,000 carved images
Philmont Museum and Seton Memorial Library		Philmont	Northeast	Local history	History, art, and natural history of the Philmont area, operated by Philmont Scout Ranch
Picuris Visitor's Center and Museum		Picuris Pueblo	North Central	Native American	website, history, culture and art of the Picuris
Piedra Lumbre Education & Visitor Center		Abiquiú	North Central	Multiple	website, part of Ghost Ranch, formerly known as the Ghost Ranch Living Museum, geology, paleontology and archaeology of the region, as well as exhibits on northern New Mexico culture, history and tradition
Pioneer Store Museum		Winston	Southwest	History	website, information, 1880s general store with intact furnishings and merchandise, mining tools and equipment
Poeh Museum		Pojoaque Pueblo	North Central	Native American	Arts and culture of the Pueblo people, especially the Tewas of northern New Mexico
Raton Museum		Raton	Northeast	Local history	information, information
Red Rock Museum		Gallup	Northwest	Native American	information, exhibits on the prehistoric Anasazi and the present-day Zuni, Hopi and Navajo
Roosevelt County Museum		Portales	Southeast	Local history	website, part of Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell Museum and Art Center		Roswell	Southeast	Multiple	website, art and history of the American Southwest and beyond, includes fine art, decorative arts, Robert H. Goddard Collection of Liquid-Propellant Rocketry, planetarium
Route 66 Auto Museum		Santa Rosa	Northeast	Automobile	website, vintage and classic automobiles, Route 66 memorabilia
Runnells Gallery		Portales	Southeast	Art	website, part of Eastern New Mexico University
Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology		Abiquiú	North Central	Natural history	website, part of Ghost Ranch, Triassic dinosaur fossils
Sacramento Mountains Historical Museum & Pioneer Village		Cloudcroft	Southeast	Open air	website
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument		Mountainair	Southeast	Archaeology	Visitor center features exhibits about the ruins of the mission churches and pueblo of the monument
Salmon Ruins		Farmington	Northwest	Archaeology	11th century Chacoan great house and museum
San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum		San Ildefonso Pueblo	North Central	Native American	information, history, culture and art
Santa Fe Children's Museum		Santa Fe	North Central	Children's	website
Santuario de Guadalupe		Santa Fe	North Central	Multiple	information
Silver City Museum		Silver City	Southwest	Local history	website
Site Santa Fe		Santa Fe	North Central	Art	Contemporary art exhibitions
Smokey Bear Historical Park		Capitan	Southeast	Natural history	website, exhibits include forest health, forest fires, wildland and urban interface issues, fire ecology, history of the Smokey Bear and the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Program
Southwest Soaring Museum		Moriarty	Central New Mexico	Aviation	website
Space Murals Museum		Organ	Southwest	Aerospace	website, artifacts, art, photos and memorabilia about the space program and space
Taos Art Museum		Taos	North Central	Art	website, art of early 20th century Taos, located in the studio and home of artist Nicolai Fechin
Telephone Museum of New Mexico		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Technology	website
Tinkertown Museum		Cedar Crest	Central New Mexico	Art	website, folk art creations featuring thousands of miniature, wood-carved figures including animated little people, instruments, animals and objects, miniature Western towns, carnivals, Old West memorabilia, old-fashioned arcade machines, dolls, antique tools and more
The Toy Train Depot		Alamogordo	Southeast	Railroad	Features scale model and miniature railway trains
Tucumcari Historical Museum		Tucumcari	Northeast	Local history	website
Turquoise Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Geology	website, turquoise mining, specimens, shaping process, uses
University of New Mexico Art Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Art	website; located in Center for the Arts at University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico Geology Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Geology	website, mineral, fossil, and rock specimens; located inside Northrop Hall at University of New Mexico
Unser Racing Museum		Albuquerque	Central New Mexico	Automobile	Racing accomplishments of Al Unser family
Villa Philmonte		Cimarron	Northeast	Historic house	1920 period ranch manor on the Philmont Scout Ranch property of the Boy Scouts of America
Walatowa Visitor Center		Jemez Pueblo	Northwest	Native American	website, history, art and customs of the Towa
War Eagles Air Museum		Santa Teresa	Southeast	Aviation	website, historic aircraft of the World War II and the Korean War eras
Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame		Hobbs	Southeast	History	Cowboy culture and heritage
Western New Mexico University Museum		Silver City	Southwest	Native American	website, part of Western New Mexico University, information, Mimbres pottery and culture
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian		Santa Fe	North Central	Art	Contemporary and historic Native American art
White Sands Missile Range Museum		White Sands	Southwest	Military	website, exhibits include history of America's missile and space development, Atomic Age, scientists, outdoor missile park
White Sands National Monument		Alamogordo	Southeast	Natural history	Visitor center features exhibits about the natural and cultural history of the desert
Zuhl Geological Collection		Las Cruces	Southwest	Geology	website, part of New Mexico State University, petrified wood, fossils, minerals, and rocks

Defunct museums

• Million Dollar Museum, White's City, New Mexico, near Carlsbad Caverns, contents auctioned off in 2008, contained oddities and curios
• Log Cabin Museum, Las Cruces, New Mexico; moved to Chloride, New Mexico in 2006 and now called the Grafton Cabin; currently unused.

See also

• Arboreta in New Mexico (category)
• Aquaria in New Mexico (category)
• Botanical gardens in New Mexico (category)
• Historic landmarks in New Mexico
• Houses in New Mexico (category)
• Forts in New Mexico (category)
• Museums list
• Nature Centers in New Mexico
• Observatories in New Mexico (category)
• Registered Historic Places in New Mexico

Resources

• New Mexico Tourism Department
• New Mexico Cultural Database of Museums, Parks & Monuments
• New Mexico Historical Museums