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Tucumcari Historical Museum

Tucumcari Historical Museum is a museum in Tucumcari, NM. Cost: under $25.

416 S Adams St · Tucumcari, NM

Why you should go…

The Tucumcari Historical Museum occupies a school building constructed in 1903 in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Exhibits spread across three floors and landscaped outdoor grounds include a Western Rock Room with dinosaur fossils, Native American artifacts dating to 12,000 BC, a schoolroom, early medical and dental equipment, barbed wire and bottle collections, and an authentic chuck wagon. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday.

  • #museum
  • #history
  • #fossils
  • #route 66

What's around here?

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