Western New Mexico University Museum

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1000 W College Ave
Silver City, NM 88061
WNMU Museum invites you to explore the prehistory and history of Southwest New Mexico and learn why people throughout the ages have selected this rich and enchanting region as their home. The recently completed stunning transformation of Fleming Hall, funded by the 2016 Higher Education G.O. Bond, created an open, light, secure, and climate-controlled environment that highlights our National Register of Historic Places building, collections, and exhibitions enhancing the visitor experience. The Museum is a work in progress. We continue to enhance the visitor experience by finishing exhibitions, creating interpretative signage, and opening additional rooms. Western New Mexico University Museum is the home of the NAN Ranch Collection—the largest and most complete collection of Mimbres materials in existence from a single prehistoric Mimbres site, and the largest and most comprehensive permanent interpretative exhibition of Mimbres pottery and artifacts in the world.

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Cliff K.
12/8/2024

Western New Mexico University museum What a wonderful New Mexico treasure. Students are the docents and guides at the museum. The ones that were there the day I visited were very knowledgeable...

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Cheryl H.
4/10/2019

A beautiful place with so much deep information and about the Mimbres Pottery and Peoples. The students who were at the desk were very helpful. Loved learning the stylistic sequence from...

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Peter G.
3/2/2012

This collection was shocking in terms of the shear number of pieces and quality of each piece. Here lies a collection befitting the memory of the Mimbres culture. Fodor's claims that this museum...

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