The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History is very close to Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While I was visiting Albuquerque Old Town and came out, I noticed this museum close by and thought of visiting and exploring it. This blog-post is an attempt to share about The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, why you should plan a visit to this place, entry fee ticket price, main things to see & explore and few tips around optimising your time at the museum. And don't miss what all you can around this place without booking cabs or driving too much.
Above photograph shows the front part of The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. I was walking from Old Town and this is the first view you see of The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History from one of the exits of Albuquerque Old Town.
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While walking from Old Town towards The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, you see many of these sculptures installed throughout. Many of them seemed metallic and a few made up through stone carving.
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The Albuquerque Museum is dedicated for preserving the art of the American Southwest and the history of Albuquerque and the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico state in USA. The museum also contributes significantly to the cultural and educational programs in Albuquerque town. The museum features art of the Southwest and its global influences, as well as 400 years of Albuquerque history with permanent installations and special exhibitions of national and international origin.
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Permanent exhibits of The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History are dedicated to art in New Mexico and the history of Albuquerque include early maps, armor, weavings and other artifacts of colonial life in New Mexico. The museum also hosts changing exhibits, art galleries, and maintains an outdoor sculpture garden on the grounds.
Above photograph shows a part of the sculpture garden in The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History.
While you are roaming around The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, there are more places you can visit and explore an d especially if you are walking around this place with kids with you. That doesn't mean that there are more places for kids around The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, but lot more than that. Let's check out :
1. Albuquerque Old Town
2. Tiguex Park
3. Explora
4. Lockheed Martin Dynatheatre
5. Rattlesnake Museum
6. San Felipe de Neri Church
All above mentioned places are at walkable distance. If you are wondering how are they placed and what's the idea flow of these places on map, if you intend to visit all of them - You can start with Rattlesnake Museum which is on one extreme of all these places on map, when walk around Old Town which is a beautiful place to walk around and explore. Don't miss San Felipe de Neri Church within Albuquerque Old Town.
After that, head towards The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. You need 1-2 hrs to explore The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History and thereafter you can go across the road to Tiguex Park. There are different events, during the weekend. Even otherwise you can have some relaxing moments around this green landscape. After that, you can head towards Lockheed Martin Dynatheatre and then explora. Both these places can be very exciting for kids.
There are different exhibits and every exhibition hall has it's own charm with style.
The Albuquerque Museum Foundation is an independent nonprofit corporation that supports the Albuquerque Museum. The Foundation’s funding enables a wider audience to enjoy, learn and experience the vast array of exhibits and educational opportunities offered by the Museum. Donation of lot of folks in New Mexico and outsiders helps keep the magic of Albuquerque Museum alive.
Let's talk about timings of The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. Museum is closed on Mondays and during rest of the days, it's open from 9am till 5pm.
Tuesday 9am–5pm
Wednesday 9am–5pm
Thursday 9am–5pm
Friday 9am–5pm
Saturday 9am–5pm
Sunday 9am–5pm
Other obvious questions when planning the visit is charges for entry ticket to The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History : It costs you $6, which includes visit to all galleries in The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History.
Before planning a visit to the museum, you may also be interested in Albuquerque museum of art and history upcoming events and the main source to know that would be official website of the museum. It's most of the times updated in comparison to other event websites popular in New Mexico or other state of USA.
The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History has different kinds of galleries and work by various new Mexican artists or artists who influenced Albuquerque history & some key events during evolution process. There are also some audio-visuals which talk about some of the key contributions of Albuquerque residents in US army as special messengers.
Mexican pottery is one of the special thing considered in Albuquerque and that's the reason that you find lot of shops with pottery and jewellery in Albuquerque.
Above photograph shows the gallery with lot of paintings by New Mexico arts on how things evolved in Albuquerque.
In The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, there is a section on Albuquerque warriors and how society built their own army for securing the space.
When I was there at The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, a Digital Photography exhibition was also going on. This was not a simple digital photography art but more exploratory mediums of Digital photography.
The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History is certainly a great place if you enjoy knowing about a place and it's history through different forms of arts - paintings, audio-video recordings, photography, sculptures, models etc.
If you liked this post and found it helpful, I would request you to follow these things when traveling -
1. Manage your waste well and don’t litter, Use dustbins.
2. Tell us if you went to a place and found it hard to locate a dustbin.
3. Avoid bottle waters in hills. Usually you get clean water in hills and water bottles create lot of mess in our ecosystem.
4. Say big no to plastic and avoid those unhealthy snacks packed in plastic bags. Rather buy fruits.
5. Don't play loud blaring music in forests of jungle camps. You are a guest in that ecosystem and disturbing the locals (humans and animals) is not polite
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