Reviews of Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (Museum)

David Strom

What an awesome little gem of a museum!

Brian Yapko

A reasonably good museum, but with a focus on contemporary exhibits (overwhelmingly 20th Century) rather than historical exhibits. This was not made clear until we actually paid and entered the museum. I was disappointed since there are 100 art galleries we could have gone to for free to see contemporary Indian art.

Ernest Gines

Wonderful. History and culture told in art.

MS Fenton

Great little museum, with tremendous authentic native artists-- established and newer. Easy to visit, a perfect under one hour visit. The shop is also very good, with reasonable prices again for authentic art.

Rebecca Nickerson

horrible excuse for a museum. all it is is a gift shop there are currently no artifacts or anything just a gift shop. call before u go to see if they are actually showing anything.

Gloria Lewis

Wonderful exhibits

larry brotzman

Extremely interesting. Docents were very infomative and knowledgeable. Many exhibits of local and area native people.

Linda Hartlein

Love the sculpture garden and the Artwork .

Michael Odza

Case Trading Post is down stairs at the back of the museum-- they don't make a big deal of it, but it is one of the best places to buy jewelry, pots, rugs, kachinas, paintings by some of the best contemporary Native American artists. And you can feel good knowing that the artists get a fair deal and the shop itself is nonprofit.

Thomas Chapman

An amazing place

Michele Gad

Great museum with somerhing for everybody including free parking. Free 1st Sunday lectures are wonderful!

N Jones

Rose B. Simpson exhibit was fabulous. Nice museum.

Jack Duffy

Best jewelry collection in new mexico

Anne Schwartz

Wonderful and respectful collection -- especially of Jewelry!

Bill Ashton

Great attraction in New Mexico I highly recommend this museum

Laura Box

Beautifully renovated

Zeba Radpour

Great place to find items from well known artist as well as up and coming artist. Prices are reasonable.

Eric Salas

Labeled as New Mexico’s oldest non-profit, independent museum, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe is small but houses a variety of contemporary and historic Native American art. It has huge gallery of antique jewelry and ceramics, with each piece identified by the tribe. There is a museum shop, the Case Trading Post, at the basement. While the shop has a great selection of vintage pieces, I thought they are all pricey. Imagine a necklace for $80! If you have at least an hour to spare while you are in Santa Fe, the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is worth seeing.

GailandDavid FifthSeason

Offers the history of jewelry making by native Americans with many fine examples.

Mark Schonwetter

Interesting collection begun many years ago by Mrs Wheelright. Extensive gift shop. Parking lot has no fee.

Karen Weiss

Excellent showcase of Indian Art and Case Trading post a must.

Li no Mioni

Amazing collection. Worth seeing for sure!

Nilima Rajkumar

Beautiful collection of native American made jewellery. The docent was so knowledgeable and informative. Loved the shop too - very helpful staff.

Louise Ortiz

Really small and its ok. Their gift shop is nice

Tim Brellow

Educational history.

Jodi Puentes

Rose Simpson amazing

Millyh19

Small but good

Cindy Wolf

Great displays all around. Beyond the regular displays, individual artists are showing their outstanding work.

noberto Rivera

Case trading post is the name of their gift shop, check it out its great.

Colin Hill

What a wonderful museum! A stunning exhibit by Rose B. Simpson and whoever did the lighting for her pieces should be nominated (and subsequently win) an award! The commentary by Bob Haozous was poignant without descending into cynicism and nihilism (the same could be said of Rose!) don’t miss their video interviews - definitely watch them before you go through the museum as it adds so much context and character to their works. Definitely hit the trading post to support the local artists and the museum as they have some great pieces, books, etc... for reasonable prices. The irony of buying something is not lost on me given the character of the exhibits but this place is what markets should aspire to support - vote with your money and your feet to spread the vital messages this museum conveys, to support their fabulous permanent jewelry collection, and to learn and experience contemporary culture that deserves to be spread!

Dan Lawrence

Open daily from 10am to 5pm Admission Free

Luna Haselbauer

Love it! Very special!

Robert Lerner

Great find, beautiful artwork and hand crafted silver jewelry, belts, silverware and other interesting pieces. Non-profit gallery which has been in existence for quite some time. Very close to downtown Santa Fe, not walking distance but a short car ride.

Angel Balam

(Translated by Google) Very interesting collection of indigenous art, especially of the Peoples in AZ and NM. You can observe very old piety of ceramic and jewelry as well as contemporary creations, highly recommended (Original) Muy interesante colección de arte indígena, especialmente de los Pueblos en AZ y NM. Se puede observar piedad muy antiguas de cerámica y joyería así como creaciones contemporáneas, muy recomendado

Val Lewis

What a wonderful museum! Small, intimate, feels very personal. Everyone on staff was super friendly, helpful and welcoming. I really enjoyed the exhibits featuring indigenous New Mexican artists, and watching the videos of the artists discussing their perspectives and creative process. The museum gift shop is a replica of a trading post. I just wish they had a larger selection of museum books.

Ali Hotto

Amazing collection! It's like jewelry heaven.

Preston Zucker

Small museum, great jewelry collection beautifully displayed along with modern Indian art.

Kandice Seum

I highly recommend stopping by here. It's not really big, so if you don't have a lot of time to sight see it is a great spot. Beautiful old and new Native American apparel, jewelry, and art are on display. The trading post/gift shop downstairs is cute and has a good selection of jewelry, rugs, and books for sale. My toddler enjoyed it, but he's quiet and curious. I don't recommend it for young children in general. There are no displays geared toward kids. I think regular admission is $14.00 per person. We got in free because we're Native, but fellow New Mexicans enter at half price. Free admission every first Sunday of each month.

David Kolonay

Actually worth a visit

bruce bagnell

Nice

Sikandar Bilal Mir

Intresting American history.

Paul Mabry

Huge! collection beautiful Indian Jewelry. Traces the history of Indian Jewelry making. Clean, spacious, in a lovely natural setting. First Sunday of the month is free admission.

Brian Benzel

My favorite Santa Fe museum. It may be small, but the variety of native arts rotating though is astounding.

Miso Lee

Not bad. The most interesting part was to talk with the clerk in the gift shop and learned knowledge of Indian tribes in New Mexico.

Dave Hill

Interesting rotating collection, alongside a tremendous exhibit of Native American silver and jewelry, and an excellent gift shop / trading post.

Lambert M

Nice!!

jolene eustace

Lovely musem.

Nichole Sellers

Beautiful but small. The only thing on display was a beautiful collection of Native American jewelry. The staff is very welcoming.

Mitch Norby

Wonderful. Beautiful.

Vasudev Murthy

Amazing information esp about silver work

June Heersink

Very interesting and helpful staff.

Patrick Bier

Interesting exhibits and beautiful location.

Gwynne Stanker

Missed eclipse due to clouds and rain, but Museum not to be missed. Eat at the museum cafe, indoor or outdoor, fabulous views.

jaima chevalier

Excellent exhibit of ground-breaking work by Rose Simpson and Bob Haozous. Profound.

Karoleigh Armstrong

A lovely, well done museum .

Ann Hartzell

Outstanding.

sathari khalsa

Beautiful collections

Autumn Wallace

Small but lovely, don't forget the trading post to find a gem to go home with

Curt Sallinger

We really enjoyed our look around the museum. Remarkable jewelry collection arranged by artist and timeframe. Cochina dolls for sale in the gift shop too, which was unexpected.

shelley isom

I went with a group and I thoroughly enjoyed this museum. The art was various and interesting. I noticed how much pottery had changed after the Spanish conquest!! Very subtle and sophisticated before, much less so afterward, although still beautiful ... I also really liked the mural inside the entrance.

Gary Johnson

Sometimes a hidden secret but must go see

Keith Anderson

The newly opened Center for the Study of Southwest Jewelery is, as Michelin Guide would say, worth a journey. I am not kidding, any lover of fine native American jewelery can justify a trip to Santa Fe just to see this incredible new facility and display. And now, a little secret.........the temporary exhibition of Ralph T. Coe's lifetime collection has just been mounted with the vital assistance of the Ralph T. Coe Foundation. It is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see his eclectic collection of fine objects from the 18th, 19th, and 20th century of native Americans from all over North America.

Iris Chief

Was really good place to see.

Lucy Muzio

Amazing, authentic native American Art and Jewelry

Paul Ilmer

Marvelous chronological collection of Native American crafted jewelry and contemporary native artist's work.

Charlie Waller

Great exhibits

Michael Lidell

The Indian jewelry exhibit at the Wainwright is excellent!

Sharon Lucas

A small but excellent museum for those interested in Native American art, both contemporary and historic.

Anna Soeiro

1st Sundays free! Wonderful Eye Candy and history