Nov 10 2005

Museum Hill @ Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Wednesday, 9 November 2005

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Curving down the roads through the adobe bricked neighbourhoods of Santa Fe, I made my way up to the top of what is called “Museum Hill”. It’s where most of Santa Fe’s museums reside. Unfortunately, I have limited time and budget, so I only paid to go into the Museum of Indian Art and History. I do plan on returning to see “all 5″ of the museums which you can get a pass for that is good for most of the week. Adobe structured like all the rest of the building structures in this area of New Mexico, I climbed the stairs to a plaza (Milner Plaza) which had a beautiful labyrinth, desert garden, sculpture garden, and some free art to view outside of the various museums. A cafe is set across from the Anthropologie laboratory. A large kachina statue overlooks the museum.

The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
On Museum Hill in Santa Fe.
The Museum of the American Indian Arts and Culture is a beautiful 3-4 exhibit hall museum with lecture hall, theater, classrooms, and an enormous gift shop. The museum changes exhibits frequently with an array of contemporary and historic Native American art emphasizing the Southwest. For a $7 entrance fee, you do get a good array of history, arts, and artifacts. I wish I had more time to spend there when I did. There were three main features: “Beauty Within” which took you through a history of Native Peoples and where they are today showing various aspects of their life. “Iconoclash” which is a modern art outlook from a Native Indian’s perspective on how their people was used to brand products. “The Pottery of Santa Ana Peublo” featuring some of the most exquisite pieces of Pottery from the Santa Ana Pueblo peoples. Rated: 4 1/2 stars out of 5.