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Albuquerque, NM
Best Museums (Attractions & Activities)
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Albuquerque Museum |
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2000 Mountain Rd NW PO Box 1293, Albuquerque 87104 • 505-243-7255 |
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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 check out the unique items at the gift shop. |
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American International Rattlesnake Museum |
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202 San Felipe St NW, Albuquerque 87104 • 505-242-6569 |
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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. |
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Explora |
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1701 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque 87104 • 505-224-8300 |
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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 workshops, discussions, and special events keep Explora busy year-round. |
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Indian Pueblo Cultural Center |
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2401 12th St NW, Albuquerque 87104 • 866-855-7902 |
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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 selection of fine pottery, painting, sculpture, and weaving. A children's museum, bookstore and a restaurant are also on-site. |
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Maxwell Museum of Anthropology |
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University Blvd University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131 • 505-277-4405 |
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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 advance. |
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National Museum of Nuclear Science & History |
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601 Eubank SE, Albuquerque 87104 • 505-245-2137 |
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America's only official atomic museum touts 30,000 square feet of impressive, wide-ranging collections 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 weapons systems, rockets, and missiles, including the jet bomber that dropped the US's last air burst H-bomb in 1962. Many documents available for in-library research. |
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New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science |
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1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque 87104 • 505-841-2800 |
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OLD TOWN. 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 life-size bronze sculptures of a 30-foot-long carnivorous albertosaur and a 21-foot-long horned pentaceratops. |
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Tinkertown Museum |
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121 Sandia Crest Rd PO Box 303, Albuquerque 87047 • 505-281-5233 |
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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 displays are housed in a 22-room building, the walls of which are constructed with over 50,000 glass bottles. A variety of Ward's other collections are also on display – from wedding cake couples to Western memorabilia to a 35-foot antique sailboat. Don't miss the gift shop – it's jam-packed with all sorts of wacky, wonderful stuff, and they ship worldwide! |
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Turquoise Museum (Zach-Low) |
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2107 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque 87104 • 800-821-7443 |
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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 plastic. |
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University of New Mexico Art Museum |
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1 University of New Mexico Center for the Arts, Albuquerque 87131 • 505-277-4001 |
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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. |
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