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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST P Canyon Road Indian Arts and Culture is
Originally an Indian track dedicated to traditional Native
706 Camino Lejo. Tel (505) 476­ between the Rio Grande and American arts and culture. Its
1200. Open 10am–5pm Tue– Pecos pueblos, Canyon Road was main exhibit, Here, Now & Always,
Sun (Mon May– Oct). Closed later used by burros (donkeys) tells the story of the South­
public hols. & 7 8 =
∑ internationalfolkart.org hauling firewood down from west’s oldest communities in
the mountains. This the words of native Pueblo,
upscale road is today Navajo, and Apache people.
lined with more than 100 The Wheelwright
private art galleries, Museum of the
restaurants, and shops, with American Indian,
their premises in historic established in 1937 by
adobe houses. Canyon wealthy philanthropist Mary
Road runs parallel to the Cabot Wheelwright of Boston,
river and the former was built to resemble a
Acequia Madre, or “mother Ancient male Navajo hogan (see p173).
ditch,” the city’s first figurine The museum’s focus is on
irrigation channel, which its changing exhibitions of
is lined with adobe buildings. contempo rary work by Native
American artists and the gallery
R San Miguel Chapel devoted to South western jewelry.
401 Old Santa Fe Trail. Tel (505) 983­ In the basement, the excellent
3974. Open daily. & 7 Case Trading Post re­creates the
. Girard Collection Toy ∑ sanmiguelchapel.org first trading posts established on
This Bangladeshi toy is a The chapel of San Miguel is the Navajo reservation.
1960s addition to the more thought to have been built The Museum of Spanish
than 100,000 artifacts around 1610, making it one of the Colonial Art holds an extensive
collected by US designer oldest churches in the US. The collection of Spanish Colonial art,
Alexander Girard from original dirt floor and adobe steps with over 3,000 objects including
1930 to 1978. are still visible at the front of the textiles, furniture, religious santos,
altar. It was built by Tlaxcala and ceramics.
Indians, who traveled from Mexico
with the early Spanish settlers. E The Museum of Indian Arts
This simple church has great and Culture
roof beams that were restored in 710 Camino Lejo. Tel (505) 476­1269.
1692, having been burned Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun (also Mon
12 years earlier in the Pueblo May–Oct). Closed public hols. & 7
Revolt. A carved wooden reredos 8∑ indianartsandculture.org
(altarpiece) frames the centrally E The Wheelwright Museum
placed statue of the patron saint, of the American Indian
San Miguel, while the side walls 704 Camino Lejo. Tel (505) 982­4636.
boast paintings of religious scenes Open 10am–5pm daily. Closed public
on deerskin and buffalo hide. hols. 7 ∑ wheelwright.org
E The Museum of Spanish
E Museum Hill Colonial Art
Alongside the Museum of 750 Camino Lejo. Tel (505) 982­2226.
International Folk Art, three other Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun (also
important museums are found Mon May–Sep). & 7
on Museum Hill. The Museum of ∑ spanishcolonial.org

Key
Girard Wing
East Bartlett Wing
Hispanic Heritage Wing
West Bartlett Wing
Non­exhibition space Detail of the carved wooden reredos at San Miguel Mission

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