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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Address: 2000 Mountain Rd NW, PO Box 1293, Albuquerque, NM 87104
This leading educational forum for Southwestern art, culture, and history has a fascinating collection of sculptures, paintings and photographs, and also offers summer art classes and workshops for children and adults. Enjoy guided tours of the gallery, Old Town, the sculpture garden, and Casa San Ysidro. Be sure to...
American International Rattlesnake Museum
Address: 202 San Felipe St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
An albino western diamondback is among the rare specimens at this unique museum. Educational video provides insightful information about these enigmatic creatures. For example, the snake can't hear it's own rattle, and the human fatality rate from rattlesnake bites is less than one percent.
Address: 1701 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
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Loads of hands-on exhibits encourage interactive learning at this 50,000 square foot facility. Discover how science, the arts, and culture interrelate by enjoying the Creation Station and exhibits about animals and biology, water and the Rio Grande, light and optics, and energy and technology. A full schedule of...
Address: 2401 12th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
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A vast collection of exhibits, performances, and information on Native American culture in general and the Pueblo Indians in particular. Weekend performances of Native American dances, arts and crafts demonstrations, and many year-round special events are free to the public. The gift shop features an excellent...
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Address: University Blvd, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
More than 10 million individual items from all parts of the world. Items include archaeological, ethnological, archival, photo and skeletal materials. Exhibits feature topics from the contemporary Southwest, the Americas and beyond. Research collections are accessible by appointment, which should be made well in...
Address: Kirtland Air Force Base, Wyoming Gate, Albuquerque, NM 87123
America's only official atomic museum touts an impressive, wide-ranging collection of de-classified educational materials regarding nuclear technology. Outstanding documentary chronicles the Manhattan Project, which was designed, constructed, and tested in New Mexico during World War II. Other exhibits feature nuclear...
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Address: 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
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The city's most popular museum features a first-rate dinosaur exhibit, an arctic Ice Age cave, and a replicated volcano with a river of lava flowing underneath an opaque glass floor. Be sure to check out the equally engaging film in the Dynamax Theater. Visitors entering through the front doorway will be welcomed by...
Address: 121 Sandia Crest Rd, PO Box 303, Albuquerque, NM 87047
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Over 40 years of carving and collecting have produced Ross J. Ward's Tinkertown. The folk art museum began with two main attractions: a carved wooden miniature three-ring circus that Ward created as a teenager, and a diminutive turn-of-the-century Western town he created in the 1960s. Today, those original animated...
Address: 2107 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
Displays relate the formation process of this gemstone and also chronicle its many uses by Native Americans during prehistoric times. Among the highlights are a simulated mine shaft that features numerous specimens from four continents. Stop by the education center to learn how to discern authentic turquoise from mere...
University of New Mexico Art Museum
Address: Cornell Dr and Central Ave, Center for the Arts, Albuquerque, NM 87123
New Mexico's largest collection of fine art includes works from seminal artists such as Rembrandt, Picasso and O'Keeffe. Other exhibits include photographs and prints. Regularly scheduled guided tours, lectures, and symposia.
