Museum Hill, Santa Fe

Museum Hill

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Just 2 miles south of downtown, set right up against the Sangre de Cristo foothills, Museum Hill is home to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, an … Read more

Visitors to Santa Fe may be tempted to spend all their time around the historic plaza and its legitimately awesome art galleries, museums, and colonial architecture. But in so doing they’d be missing out on one of the city’s most significant art attractions. Just 2 miles south of downtown, set right up against the Sangre de Cristo foothills, Museum Hill is home to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, and the Museum of International Folk Art. Together, these institutions make up some of the most important collections of Native American and folk art in the US, and you won’t find a better representation of the artistic heritage of New Mexico anywhere.

Good to know: With the exception of the Wheelwright, these museums are closed on Mondays outside the summer season. The presence of the Museum Hill Cafe means you can easily spend a whole day on the hill.