Home Destinations USA New Mexico Albuquerque Sights Turquoise Museum

Turquoise Museum Review

Read our Albuquerque sights reviews. Or post your own.

Albuquerque Categories:

• Overview
• Sights
• Restaurants
• Hotels
• Entertainment
• Shopping
• Travel Tips
• Features
• Fodor's Choice
• Deals

WHAT'S NEARBY

• Sights
• Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
• American International Rattlesnake Museum
• More >>

• Restaurants
• Ambrozia Cafe & Wine Bar
• Duran's Central Pharmacy
• More >>

• Hotels
• Best Western Rio Grande Inn
• Böttger Mansion of Old Town
• More >>

• Entertainment
• Albuquerque Little Theater

• Shopping
• Amapola Gallery
• Andrews Pueblo Pottery
• More >>

Turquoise Museum

Fodor's Review:

A novel attraction, this small museum focuses on the beauty, mythology, and physical properties of turquoise, a semiprecious but widely adored gemstone that many people understandably associate with the color of New Mexico's skies. A simulated mine shaft leads to one-of-a-kind showpieces and examples from more than 60 mines on four continents. Displays show how turquoise is formed and highlight its uses by Native Americans in prehistoric times. At the education center you can learn how to distinguish the real McCoy from plastic.

Get Advice From Other Travelers

• ALBUQUERQUE SANTA FE JEEP TOUR
  1 responses; most recent on 08/27/2008, 12:18 pm
• 1-nite hotel recommendations for Albuquerque & Phoenix???
  1 responses; most recent on 08/13/2008, 09:22 am
• Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Hotels
  4 responses; most recent on 07/28/2008, 04:52 pm
• Albuquerque to SW Colorado: Which Route?
  2 responses; most recent on 05/17/2008, 11:14 pm

Visit the Travel Talk forums for help on planning your trip >>

Buy the Guidebook

• 
  $16.95

• 
  $17.95

Get the Fodor's Newsletter

Read the current issue
For more travel ideas, tips, and deals, sign up for the Fodor's newsletter here. Browse previous issues.