Museum Hill

Museum Hill

North Central region of New MexicoMuseum Hill, site of four remarkable museums includes the Museum of International Folk Art containing the largest collection of folk art in the world, the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Museum Hill is the name for this group of museums set around a wonderful one acre outdoor area, Milner Plaza, and includes the Museum Hill Cafe. All but the Wheelwright, which is admission by donation, are part of Museum New Mexico multi-day, multi-museum pass system which allows entrance to all of the MNM facilities, including the Museum of Fine Arts and Palace of the Governors history museum downtown.

Museum Hill website
www.museumhill.org

What you will find on the hill

Museum of Spanish Colonial Art
The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art is the newest museum on the Santa Fe scene and features objects from throughout the Spanish Colonial world, housed in a historical building designed by John Gaw Meem.
www.spanishcolonial.org

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
At the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, encounter Native cultures and artifacts of the Southwest from ancestral to contemporary, in exhibits drawing from more than 70,000 works of art and material culture.
www.indianartsandculture.org

Museum of International Folk Art
To experience the color and excitement of the world's cultures, go to the Museum of International Folk Art and see an unparalleled collection that includes toys, textiles, household goods and religious art.
www.internationalfolkart.org

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
New Mexico's oldest private non-profit museum, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, emphasizes important Native American art in an eight-sided building inspired by a traditional Navajo hooghan.
www.wheelwright.org