Tinkertown Museum - Sandia Crest, New Mexico
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paulspaper
N 35° 10.158 W 106° 22.080
13S E 375421 N 3892674
One of the most interesting museums that I have ever visited. It is part folk art, part history, part inspiration. I highly recommend it.
Waymark Code: WM3PQ5
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2008
Views: 37
It took Ross Ward over 40 years to carve, collect, and lovingly construct what is now Tinkertown Museum. His miniature wood-carved figures were first part of a traveling exhibit, driven to county fairs and carnivals in the 1960s and '70s. Today over 50,000 glass bottles form rambling walls that surround a 22-room museum. Wagon wheels, old fashioned store fronts, and wacky western memorabilia make Tinkertown's exterior as much as a museum as the wonders within.
Days and Hours of Operation:
April 1st through November 1st
9am to 6pm
7 days a week.
Address:
3121 Sandia Crest Rd
Sandia Crest, NM USA
87008
Related Website: [Web Link]
Price of Admission: 3.00 (listed in local currency)
What is in the collection:
Folk art, wood carvings, circus stuff, Old West items. A little bit of everything.
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