Wheelwright Museum

Wheelwright Museum is a museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico and has an elevation of 7,162 feet. Wheelwright Museum is situated nearby to Museum of International Folk Art, as well as near Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian and Museum of International Folk Art.

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

Museum

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The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian is a museum devoted to Native American arts. It is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was founded in 1937 by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, who came from Boston, and Hastiin Klah, a Navajo singer and medicine man.

Museum of International Folk Art

Museum

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The Museum of International Folk Art is a state-run institution in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. It is one of many cultural institutions operated by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Museum of International Folk Art is situated 620 feet northeast of Wheelwright Museum.

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Museum

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The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is a museum of Native American art and culture located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is one of eight museums in the state operated by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums as part of the Museum of New Mexico system. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Wheelwright Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barrio de Analco Historic District and Santa Fe.

Barrio de Analco Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Barrio de Analco Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District centered at the junction of East De Vargas Street and Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Barrio de Analco Historic District is situated 1½ miles north of Wheelwright Museum.

Santa Fe

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Santa Fe, founded in 1607, is the capital of the state of New Mexico and its principal tourist destination, renowned for its confluence of scenic beauty, long history, cultural diversity, and extraordinary concentration of arts, music and fine dining.

Seton Village

Hamlet

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Seton Village is a National Historic Landmark District in a rural residential area south of Santa Fe in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It encompasses a residential settlement and educational facility established in 1930 by Ernest Thompson Seton, an educator and conservationist best known as a founder of the Boy Scouts of America. Seton Village is situated 4½ miles south of Wheelwright Museum.

Wheelwright Museum

Type: Museum
Also known as: “Navajo Musuem of Ceremonial Art”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.66253° or 35° 39′ 45″ north

Longitude

-105.92752° or 105° 55′ 39″ west

Elevation

7,162 feet (2,183 metres)

Open location code

857PM37C+2X

GeoNames ID

5497740

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