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Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art
The museum is a showcase for work created by participants in an artist-in-residence program located in Roswell, New Mexico.
Phone 505-623-5600
Address 409 E. College Blvd., Roswell, NM 88202
Fax 505-623-5603
Days/Hours Open 9am - 12p.m.; 1pm -4pm Mon. - Fri. (weekends by appointment)
Fees Free
Artesia Historical Museum & Art Center
Located in the historic Moore-Ward house, the Museum features exhibits about local and area history.
Address 505 West Richardson Ave., Artesia, NM 88210
Phone (505) 748-2390
Website www.artesiamuseum.org
Fax (505) 746-3886
Email artesiamuseum@pvtn.net
Days/Hours Open 9-noon & 1-5 Tuesdays-Fridays; 1-5 Saturdays
Fees Free
Billy the Kid Museum
Billy the Kid's legend is alive and well at the Billy the Kid Museum. Here you'll find 60,000 relics of the historic past, including Billy the Kid's rifle, chaps and spurs, the original Wanted poster, and even locks of his hair! Items of early 20th century life are also on display - check out the horse-drawn hearse and the homestead cabin exhibit. If it's take-home paraphernalia you want, they've got you covered - T-shirts with Billy the Kid on the front and his tombstone on the back, postcards, posters, books, and even the Billy the Kid WANTED and funeral posters.
Phone (800) 556-7049
Website www.billythekidmuseumfortsumner.com
Email contact@billythekidmuseumfortsumner.com
Address 1601 E Sumner Avenue, RR1 Box 36 Fort Sumner, NM 88119
Days/Hours Open Monday-Saturday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fees Adults: $4:00 Children: $2.00 Seniors: $3.50
The Blackwater Draw Museum
Displaying artifacts and exhibits associated with the Blackwater Locality No. 1 Archaeological Site, one of the most important archaeological sites in the New World. Over 13,000 years of site usage are described, from mammoth hunting to modern culture.
Address 42987 Highway 70, Portales, NM 88130
Phone 505.562.2202
Email webmaster@enmu.edu
Carlsbad Museum and Art Museum
Explore the Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, less than two blocks west of Canal Street (Hwy 285).
Phone (505) 887-0276
Address 418 W. Fox Street, Carlsbad, NM
Days/Hours Open 10am - 5pm Monday - Saturday. Closed Sundays and holidays.
Fees Free
Chaves County History Museum
Learn all about the local history of Chaves County.
Address 200 N. Lea, Roswell, NM
Phone (505) 622-8333
Clovis Depot Model Train Museum
Interested in trains? Model trains, history of trains around the world, train gifts, or just real trains? The Clovis Depot Model Train Museum is the place for all your modeling needs!
Address 221 West 1st Street, Clovis, NM, USA
Website www.clovisdepot.com
Confederate Airforce Museum
Formed in 1972, the New Mexico Wing was the first of several State Wings to make up the 19th largest air force in the world. The 7,000 members nationally take pride in displaying World War II memorabilia. In addition, they also locate, restore and fly the aircraft as a part of their membership activities.
Phone 505-397-7180
Address P.O. Box 1260, Hobbs, NM, 88240
Email jwright@swcp.com
Website www.swcp.com/~jwright/lwcafhp.htm
The Dalley Windmill Collection
One of the residents of Portales has a collection of 75 windmills from around the world. You can drive by and see all of the beautiful windmills. On a good and windy day they will be turning and charming the eyes of viewers.
Address 1506 Killgore St., Portales, NM
Phone (505) 356-6263
Eula Mae Edwards Museum and Art Gallery
Prehistoric artifacts, art shows.
Location Clovis Community College Campus, 417 Shepps Blvd.
Phone (505) 769-4115
Fort Sumner State Monument
The center of a million-acre reservation known as the Bosque Redondo, this site represents one of the most tragic periods in American history. As Americans settled in the territory of New Mexico, they met fierce resistance from the Navajo and Mescalero Apache people who fought to maintain control of their traditional lands and way of life.
In an effort to subjugate them, the U.S. Army made war on the Indians. Those who survived were starved into submission and forced to march a desperate journey into captivity. Known by the Navajos as the "Long Walk," in some cases a distance of more than 450 miles mostly on foot to the reservation in east central New Mexico. It was an arduous journey that took almost two months to complete during the harsh winter climate.
Visit Fort Sumner State Monument and experience the history of this site. The visitor center displays and interpretive trail provide insight into the tragic history of the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation.
Phone 505-355-2573Website nmmonuments.org
Address PO Box 356, Fort Sumner, NM 88119
Days/Hours Open Open Wednesday through Monday 8:30 am - 5 pm. Closed Tuesday
Fees $3. Sunday admission for New Mexico residents with ID is $1. Wednesday admission is free to New Mexico Seniors with ID. Children 16 and under are always admitted free.
The General Douglas L. McBride Museum
Explore life in the Corps. This museum is a tribute to the New Mexico Military Institute.
Address 101 West College Blvd. (NM Military Institute), Roswell, NM 88201
Phone 505-624-8220
Fax 505-624-8107
Email compserv@email.nmmi.cc.nm.us
Days/Hours Open 8:30AM to 11:30AM, and 1:00PM to 3:00PM Tuesday through Friday
Fee free
Granny's Opera House
An old-fashioned melodrama where the audience can boo, hiss and throw popcorn at the villain. Enjoy the vaudeville skits and join in crowd sing-a-longs. Family entertainment at its best.
Performing Thursday through Saturday June through September. Reservations preferred. Special performances available for groups of 20 or more.
Phone 505-785-2291
Location Located in White's City
Fee Adults - $5.50; children 3-13 - $3.50; under 3 FREE
Hubbard Museum of the American West
Formerly the Museum of the Horse, this Smithsonian affiliate examines the American West via exhibitions of vintage stagecoaches, art displays, video presentations, and the Racehorse Hall of Fame. Adjacent to Ruidoso Downs racetrack and the Billy the Kid Scenic Byway Visitors Center, it makes a great starting point for an exploration of the region.
Website www.hubbardmuseum.com
Email info@hubbardmuseum.org
Address Ruidoso, NM 88345
Days/Hours Open Open every day 9am to 5pm except Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Hurd La Rinconada Museum
Has a collection of work by Peter Hurd and Henriette and Andrew Wyeth.
Location 20 miles East of Ruidoso, Hwy 70 at mile marker 281
Phone 505-653-4331
International UFO Museum, Roswell
Famous for what is now known as the Roswell Incident, the town of Roswell hosts an annual UFO festival and the International UFO Museum and Research Center where you can decide for yourself about the flying saucer that allegedly crashed here in 1947. Whatever you decide, you're likely to be intrigued by the many exhibits and programs about the crash itself and the phenomenon of UFO research. Opened in 1991, the Museum and Research Center shortly thereafter earned 1996's "Top Tourist Destination of New Mexico." Each room in the Museum has been designed to bring back the feeling of 1947 - a newsroom, a government "cover-up" room, and also a room dedicated to providing information about "sightings" in general. The Research Center offers books, records, and other research materials galore. On the board of the Museum and Research Center are nuclear physicists, the best-known and most influential UFO expert in North America, documentarians of strange phenomena, and one of the world's leading experts on the Roswell UFO events of 1947. With these heavyweights, you gotta start believing!
Phone 505-625-9495
Website www.iufomrc.com
Email iufomrc@iufomrc.com
Address 114 North Main St, Roswell, NM 88201
Days/Hours Open Open 7 days a week 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Fees Free
Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center
This Center portrays the history of Lea County as seen from the perspective of Indians, buffalo hunters, soldiers, open-range homesteaders, and settlers. Exhibits spotlight outstanding county ranchers and rodeo performers.
Phone 505-392-1275 or 392-5518
Address 5317 Lovington Highway, Hobbs, NM 82420
Hours 8am - 5pm (Mon. - Fri.); 1pm - 5pm (Sat. & Sun.)
Fees Free
Linam Ranch Museum
Indian artifacts, pioneer mementos. Appt. only
Location Carlsbad Hwy, 10 mi. W. of Hobbs
Phone (505) 393-4784
Lincoln State Monument
Lincoln is a town frozen in time and once called "the most dangerous street in America." Lincoln State Monument, a National Historic Landmark, preserves eleven historic adobe and stone buildings as they were during one of the most violent periods in New Mexico history. Walk in the footsteps of Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid, and other infamous characters involved in the Lincoln County War, 1878-1881.
Phone 505-653-4372
Website nmmonuments.org
Email rangers@pvtn.net
Address PO Box 36, Lincoln, NM 88338
Days/Hours Open 8:30am - 4:30pm, Daily
Fees $6.00 ticket includes 7 historic structures and the Hubbard Museum of the American West or $3.50 for a single site. Sunday admission for New Mexico residents with ID is $1. Wednesday admission is free to New Mexico Seniors with ID. Children 16 and under are always admitted free.
Directions 12 miles east of Capitán on US 380
Lyceum Theater
The historic Lyceum Theatre located in downtown Clovis at 411 Main, built in 1919-1920 and closed in 1974, is alive again. Some of the best live and filmed entertainment the world has ever seen, including Tom Mix and Shirley Temple, took place right here in Clovis. The restored vaudeville theatre is open for live performances and tours.
Address 411 Main St, Clovis, NM
Phone (505) 763-6085
Miles Mineral Museum
Miles Mineral Museum was established in 1969. The collection is now kept in Roosevelt Hall on the Eastern New Mexico University campus.
Address Roosevelt Hall Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 88130
Phone 505-562-2651
Fax 505-562-2192
Email constanj@enmu.edu
Days/Hours Open 8am - 5pm Mon. - Fri.; Sat. by appointment
Million Dollar Museum
Relics of the old west, doll collections and a 6,000 year-old mummified Indian are just some of the unusual things to see in this museum.
Location Located in White's City
Phone 505-785-2291
Fee adults $2.50; children 6-12 - $1.50; senior citizens - $2.00; under 6 FREE.
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum in Roosevelt Hall is located on the Eastern New Mexico University campus. The museum is the only university affiliated natural history museum in the State of New Mexico. It is an educational center about wildlife; there are displays of reptiles, plants, and insects in the museum for viewing.
Location Roosevelt Hall; Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 88130
Phone 505-562-2723
Fax 505-562-2192
Email Jennifer.Frey@enmu.edu
Days/Hours Open 8am - 5pm (Mon. - Fri.)
Fees Free
New Mexico Museum of Space History
The Museum of Space History is a complex consisting of the space museum, Planetarium, IMAX dome theater, Hubbard Space Science Education Facility and the International Space Hall of Fame. You can learn about life in space, satellites, rockets and more. Older kids will find it as fascinating as adults.
Phone (505)437-2840 (877)333-6589
Website www.spacefame.org
Address Alamogordo, NM 88311
Days/Hours Open 9am to 5pm every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day
Fees Fees vary; please call or visit website.
Norman Petty Studio
The "Clovis Sound," made popular by such greats as Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison, was created and recorded in Clovis at the Norman Petty 7th Street Studio. The original equipment is still in the studio, and a visit will take you back to the grand days of rock ‘n' roll. Relive the Norman Petty legacy with a tour of the studio- meet the Roses and Tollettes (back-up singers for Buddy Holly). Hear original music recordings, view video clips that will take you back to the 50's when it all happened. Please make sure to call approx. 1 month in advance!
Address 1313 West 7th Street, Clovis NM 88101
Phone (505) 356-6422 tel/fax
Old Fort Sumner Museum
The Old Fort Sumner Museum contains historical items from 1865 and Billy the Kid memorabilia. It is adjacent from the Billy the Kid Gravesite. His tombstone has been stolen three times since the 1940s, so it's enclosed by a metal cage, but you can easily confirm that he's under the ground!
Phone 505-355-2942
Address Billy The Kid Rd, Fort Sumner, NM 88119
"Pappy" Thornton Homestead & Museum
Antique farm equipment, area farm dwellings used before 1926. Old Homestead Museum.
Phone (505) 389-5146
Roosevelt County Historical Museum
Founded in 1940, the Roosevelt County Museum is located on the Eastern New Mexico University campus. This museum will sweep you back in time portraying the early life and times of the residents of Roosevelt County. The displays include relics of the home including antique furniture and an Edison photograph as well as the technology of the past as evidenced by a printing press and a medical instrument collection.
Location Eastern New Mexico University campus
Phone (505) 562-2592
Roswell Museum and Art Center
Check out the extremely diverse array of exhibits including art, history, and space science technology. Also see the largest planetarium in New Mexico.
Address 100 West 11th St., Roswell, NM
Phone (505) 624-6744
Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum & Pioneer Village
The museum's historical collections of Sacramento Mountain pioneers and early railroad memorabilia are housed in a restored pioneer log cabin.
Days/Hours Open 10am - 4pm Mon, Tues, Fri & Sat, 1:00 - 4:00 Sunday
Fees $1 Adults
Location U.S. 82, Cloudcroft, NM 88317
Phone 505-682-2932
Fax 505-682-3638
Email Cloudcroftmuseum@usa.net
Smokey Bear Historical Park
Completed in 1979, the Park was established to honor Capitan's favorite son Smokey, the little bear cub found with burned paws after a 17,000 acre forest fire in 1950 on the Capitan Mountains. You'll find exhibits about forest health, forest fires, wildland/urban interface issues, and fire ecology. An outdoor exhibit features six of the vegetative life zones found in New Mexico and an outdoor amphitheater, as well as a playground, picnic area, and the town's original train depot.
Phone (505)354-2748
Website www.smokeybearpark.com
Email smokeybear@state.nm.us
Address 118 Smokey Bear Blvd., Capitan, NM 88316
Days/Hours Open Open every day, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, 9am-5pm.
Directions Located on highway 380 (Smokey Bear Blvd.) in the heart of the Village of Capitan.
Southwest Symphony
Southwest Symphony is a dazzling mosaic of stunning images artfully synchronized to a soundtrack of great classical composers.
Phone (505) 738-1041
Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts
The theater's opening in October of 1997 created a year-round venue for world-class performances in theater, music and dance. At the heart of the Spencer is a 514-seat hall, where you'll encounter a powerful experience of the performing arts — outstanding acoustics, intimate seating, and artistry of the highest caliber.
Free public tours at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the year (holidays excluded). Call 336-4800 for tour reservations.
Current Schedule spencertheater.com
Address Box 140, Highway 220, Alto, New Mexico 88312
Contact 888-818-7872, 505-336-4800
Spring River Park & Zoo
The Spring River Park and Zoo is the only Free Zoo In New Mexico and has within its boundaries, a youth (age 15 and under) fishing lake. an antique carousel and miniature train that the kids and young at heart can ride, picnic facilities, playgrounds and the eastern terminus of the Spring River Recreational Trail. A Longhorn Ranch, Prairie Dog Town and a Children's Zoo area can also be found in the park. The Zoo features native and exotic animals and birds. The original Zoo exhibit area is being transformed into a series of enclosures that one would see on a hike from the Spring River to Capitan Park. Along the way, one can see the plants and animals of the River Bottoms, the Plains, the Foothills and the Mountains.
Phone 505-624-6760
Address Atkinson & College Streets, Roswell, NM 88201
Days/Hours Open Rides are available to the public on weekends until school is out. Then they will open Wednesday through Sunday throughout the summer. Hours for the rides are 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Fees Rides on the antique carousel and miniature train are only $.25 each
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site
20,000 petroglyphs dating from 900 AD to 1400 AD.
Phone 505-525-8228
Address Alamogordo, NM 88310
Tombaugh Planetarium
Built in 1980, this 40-foot diameter tilted dome theater and planetarium is named after the discoverer of the planet Pluto. The planetarium houses a Spitz 512 projector, which can project 2,400 stars, the five visible planets, the sun and moon. An IMAX Dome projection system, which uses 70mm film, projects the movie and sound all around you. Each 30 minute reel of film weighs in excess of 200 pounds.
Address PO Box 5430 Alamogordo, NM 88311-5430
Phone 505-437-2840 or toll-free: 1-877-333-6589
Fax 505-434-2245
Toy Train Depot
This depot was first built in Torrance, NM in 1898. The building was moved to Corona where it served as the Southern Pacific Depot until 1974, when it was moved to Alamogordo.
Over 1200 feet of model railroad track, hundreds of model and toy trains on display in the 5 rooms of this 100-year old train depot.
Toy Train Depot contains a gift shop and model shop where railroad supplies and memorabilia are available. Museum open noon-5:00 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. 16" gauge train ride runs every 30 minutes from 12:30- 4:30 p.m. in Alameda Park.
Phone 505-437-2855Address 1991 N. White Sands Blvd.
Fees Museum admission $3 per person. Train fare $3 per person.
Tularosa Basin Historical Society Museum
Our Purpose is to preserve and promote local, regional, and sometimes national history through exhibits, projects, presentations, and various other methods of conveying ideas.
Days/Hours Open 10am - 4pm (Mon. - Sat.)
Address 1501 White Sands Blvd., Alamogordo, NM 88310
Phone 505-437-6120
Billy the Kid Museum, Fort Sumner, NM
New Mexico Museum of Space History,
Alamogordo, NM
Alamogordo, NM
International UFO Museum and Research
Center, Roswell, NM
Center, Roswell, NM
Dalley's Yard, Portales, NM
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site,
Alamogordo, NM
Alamogordo, NM
Lincoln Torreon, Lincoln, NM