Museums

Casa Grande Trading Post, Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum & Petting Zoo

17 Waldo St
Cerrillos, NM 87010
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(505) 438-3008

We mine and sell Cerrillos Turquoise. The Trading Post has gifts, rocks and bottles. The Turquoise Mining Museum was featured on Antiques Roadshow. "Come by & feed the Animals."

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Cibola National Forest & Visitor Center

11776 South Highway 337
Tijeras, NM 87059
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(505) 281-3304

A welcome center to help make the most of your travels. Complete with maps, area information, restrooms, travel & road conditions.

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Old Coal Mine Museum

2846 Hwy 14
Madrid, NM 87010
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(505) 473-0743

1901 Richmond Steam Engine, mining relics and old cars. A must see! April-October. Open Friday-Monday 11am-5pm.

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The Museum of Archaeology & Material Culture

22 Calvary Rd.
Cedar Crest, NM 87008
(505) 281-2005

Explores archaeology and a 12,000 year time-line telling the story of North America's earliest inhabitants through the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. Features a new exhibit exploring Sandia Cave and the history of turquoise mining in the area. Visitors may also interact with an educational multi-media computer

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Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological Site

11776 Highway 37
Tijeras, NM 87059
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(505) 281-3304

"Living with the Land" Free tours, lectures, workshops, demos. Interpretive Center.

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Tinkertown Museum

121 Sandia Crest Road
Sandia Park, NM 87047
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(505) 281-5233

Located along the Sandia Crest National Scenic Byway, is an amazing, animated, miniature Old West Town and Three Ring Circus set among relics from the past. Frontier humor and the thrill of the Big Top come alive in thousands of hand-carved figures. See an antique wooden boat that's been sailed around the world! Glass bottle walls enclose a potter's studio and gift shop. Open 9-6 daily, April-Oct.

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