New Mexico Tourism | Experience

Museums:

Art: Casa San Ysidro, Center for Contemporary Arts, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Harwood Museum, Indian Arts Research Center at the School of American Research, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Millicent Rogers Museum, Museum Hill, Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, New Mexico Creates, New Mexico State University Art Museum, SITE Santa Fe, Taos Art Museum, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, University of New Mexico Art Museum

History: Alamogordo Museum of History, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Billy the Kid Museum, City of Las Vegas Museum/Rough Rider Memorial Collection, Cleveland Roller Mill Museum, E. L. Blumenschein Home and Museum, El Rancho de las Golondrinas, Farmington Museum, Grandma's Trading Post and Museum, Historic Percha Bank, Hubbard Museum of the American West, Kit Carson Home and Museum, La Hacienda de los Martinez, Los Alamos Historical Museum, Palace of the Governors, Sacramento Mountains Historical Museum & Pioneer Village, Silver City Museum, Smokey Bear Historical Park

National History, Science and Space: Albuquerque Biological Park, Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, Bradbury Science Museum, Explora, Ghost Ranch Living Museum, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, New Mexico Museum of Space History

Special Interests: American International Rattlesnake Museum, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, International UFO Museum, Museum of Turquoise, National Atomic Museum, National Hispanic Cultural Center, New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, New Mexico State University Zuhl Collection, NMOCA,Old Coal Mine Museum, Santa Fe Children's Museum, The Unser Racing Museum, Tinkertown Museum, U.S. Southwest Soaring Museum, War Eagles Air Museum

Museum of Turquoise

Central region of New Mexico
This little gem of a museum in a strip mall west of Old Town in Albuquerque is a real find that's been featured in Smithsonian Magazine and on 60 Minutes. The passion of father and son Joe P. Lowry and Joe Dan Lowry, it contains "the world's largest collection of turquoise" -- from 60 mines around the world. You start through a tunnel, where turquoise is embedded in the walls, and move on to exhibits that present the blue stone's geology, history, and mythology. You'll see maps showing where turquoise is mined, ranging from Egypt to Kingman, Arizona, and find out how to determine whether the turquoise you're hoping to buy is quality or not.