Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

Top 2% of attractions in Santa Fe
8/10

9 expert reviews

“An incredible collection of 19th- and 20th-century baskets, pottery, sculpture, weavings, metalwork, photography, paintings... and typically fascinating changing exhibits.”

– Fodor's

Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"Mary Cabot established this museum in 1937 to showcase Navajo ceremonial art, and its major strength continues to be exquisite Navajo textiles." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
1 Star
"Home of The National Collection of Contemporary Indian Art, this provocative museum presents works of Native Americans including Alaskan Eskimos." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
0 Stars
"This small independent museum is built in the eight-sided shape of a Navajo hogan, its door facing east toward the rising sun." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The Navajo-style house hosts temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary Native American art, but also and especially the most important collection of Pueblo and Navajo jewellery in the world." Full review
Independent Independent
"The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian houses intriguing artefacts from jewellery to toys and wood carvings (£6)"
Independent Independent
"The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian makes a study of that wearable art, housing a centre that focuses on silversmithing, lapidary and historic and contemporary southwestern jewellery, alongside one of the most comprehensive collections of Navajo and Pueblo jewellery in the world"
Frommer's Frommer's
"Up on Museum Hill, the Wheelwright is a compact but high-quality museum of contemporary and historic Native American art" Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"At the Wheelwright Museum, visitors will see jewelry, metalwork, carving, basketry, folk art, and textiles of the Navajo and other Native peoples of New Mexico"



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