Museums in New Mexico

Step back in time at an outdoor living history museum where New Mexico's cultural traditions come alive.

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.