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New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Review
The handsomely designed New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum documents 3,000 years of agriculture in New Mexico and the Southwest. Visit a re-creation of a 1,200-year-old Mogollon farmhouse, based on styles built by some of the first nonnomadic people to live in what is now New Mexico. Longhorn cattle, Churro sheep, and dairy cows are among the heritage breeds—descendants of animals the Spanish brought from Mexico—raised at the museum. At milking times (11 and 3), you can learn about the history of dairy farming in New Mexico, or take a look in the "beef barn" where six different breeds of beef cattle are housed. A span of the historic Green Bridge, which used to span the Hondo River, has been reassembled over the arroyo on the grounds. Chuck-wagon cooking demonstrations are offered during special events.
- Address: 4100 Dripping Springs Rd., ; head east on University Ave., which becomes Dripping Springs Rd.; ranch is 1½ mi east of I-25, Las Cruces, 88011 | Map It
- Phone: 575/522-4100
- Cost: $5
- Hours: Mon.--Sat. 9--5, Sun. noon--5
- Website: www.frhm.org
- Location: Las Cruces
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