New Mexico

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Museums: American International Rattlesnake Museum, City of Las Cruces Log Cabin Museum, Cleveland Roller Mill Museum, E.L. Blumenschein Home & Museum, Kit Carson Home & Museum, Farmington Museum, El Malpais National Monument, Fort Selden State Monument, Fort Union National Monument, Harvey House Museum, Historical Center For Southeast New Mexico, Lincoln State Monument, Las Vegas City Museum & Rough Rider Memorial, Miles Mineral Museum, New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Old Mill Museum, Palace of the Governors, Pecos National Historical Park, Raton Museum, Roosevelt County Museum, Silver City Museum, Tucumcari Historical Museum

City of Las Vegas Museum/Rough Rider Memorial Collection

Housed in a 1940's era Works Project Administration (WPA) building, the city of Las Vegas manages a collection of Rough Riders memorabilia and artifacts belonging to Northern New Mexico's territorial history and regional culture. These include household items, costumes, weapons, ranching gear, tools and furniture dating from the late 1800's. You'll also find books, newspapers, maps and historic photographs of the era when the coming of the railroad displaced agriculture as the primary industry and brought an influx of Anglos to this Hispanic farming community.

City of Las Vegas Museum/Rough Rider Memorial Collection
727 Grand Avenue
Las Vegas, NM 87701
Phone (505)454-1401 ext. 283
www.lasvegasmuseum.org

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