Sightseeing
Local GemTurquoise Trail
No admission feeA scenic byway linking Santa Fe and Albuquerque through historic mining towns and mountain views.
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Museums
Tinkertown Museum
A folk art museum built by one artist over decades, filled with hand-carved figures, collections, and bottle walls.
121 Sandia Crest Road, Sandia Park, NM 87047 · Sandia Park, NM
About Tinkertown Museum
Ross Ward spent more than four decades carving, collecting, and building this artist-made environment in Sandia Park. Walls made from tens of thousands of glass bottles surround a museum with 22 rooms. Inside, wood-carved figures populate a lively Western town and a circus scene under a big top. Visitors can also see Americana collections, a coin-operated one-man-band, and a 35-foot antique sailboat with a voyage story. The museum is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) that works to preserve Ward's life's work.
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Transit: reachable by public transit
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University of New Mexico Art Museum
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