Gallup Amtrak Station - New Mexico, USA.
N 35° 31.748 W 108° 44.398
12S E 704912 N 3934073
Gallup Cultural Center. A Museum & Cinema, Café, & Amtrak Station. Located in a Renovated Santa Fe railroad Depot. Located alongside Historic US. Route 66. In Gallup, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMRACQ
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2016
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"Gallup is an Amtrak train station at 201 East Highway 66 in downtown Gallup, New Mexico. It is the second busiest station in the state, with more than 16,000 boardings and alightings in 2014.
The two-story station was built in the Mission Revival style in 1918. Then one of a series of Santa Fe railroad station hotels built across the southwestern and central United States by the Fred Harvey Company was connected to the depot in 1923. The fabulous El Navajo Hotel was designed by the master architect Mary Colter, blending Pueblo Revival and Art Deco styles, and decorated using Navajo sand paintings. The hotel was demolished in 1957 to widen Route 66. The depot reopened later as an unstaffed Amtrak station." Text Source: (
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Gallup Cultural Center - A not to be missed attraction as you travel the Mother Road. A project of the Southwest Indian Foundation.
The Cultural Center, a historic restored Santa Fe railroad station. Features a Navajo Storyteller Museum, Kiva Cinema, Ceremonial Gallery, El Navajo Café, Gift shop, Greyhound & Amtrak Stations, as well as an Information & Visitor Center.
In the summer, nightly Indian dances are performed at the Cultural Center.
The larger than life statues of the Indian Chief Manuelito of the Navajo & a USMC Navajo Code Talker, are located at an open plaza near the entrance to the Gallup Cultural Center. All Located alongside Historic Route 66, In Gallup, New Mexico.
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"In 1996 the City of Gallup turned to the Southwest Indian Foundation requesting the Foundation take possession of the historic and newly renovated Sante Fe Depot. The City asked the Foundation to turn the building into a Cultural Center. Our concept for the Cultural Center is modeled on the Public Square, where the community, school children, and visitors can gather together for forums, lectures, and celebrate the extraordinarily diverse heritages of our region.
We wish to invite you to this wonderful historic building so that you too can enjoy the many exhibits we have put together - trains, weaving, sandpainting, Historic Route 66, silversmithing, and more come to life in the Storyteller Museum with in depth interviews with experts of that specific field." Text Source: (
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