The Old Coal Mine Museum
Take a step back in time to the Old Coal Museum. Explore 3 acres preserving mining and RR history including antique vehicles, original buildings and equipment. Touch an actual below-ground coal seam and climb aboard a 1900 steam locomotive, ring the bell!
2814 Highway 14 on the Turquoise Trail
Madrid, NM 87010
Voice: (505)438-3780 Fax: (505)438-4418
Open daily, year-round weather permitting
The Casa Grande Trading Post
Located in Cerrillos, 21 room adobe, houses a turquoise mining museum and petting zoo for the kids. (505) 438-3008
Tinkertown Museum
Located 24 miles south of Madrid, along the Sandia Crest National Scenic Byway, is a must see miniature Old West Town & Three Ring Circus. Tinkertown museum is home to the largest animated miniature circus in the Southwest. It has been under construction for over 30 years. Gift shop as well!
Open 9-6 daily, April-Oct. (505) 281-5233
http://www.tinkertown.com/
The Museum of Archaeology & Material Culture
Located 25 miles south in Cedar Crest, The Museum of Archaeology & Material Culture 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.
(505) 281-2005 |
