Salmon Ruins Museum and Research Library in Bloomfield is one of New Mexico's true historic resources. Archeological digs here uncovered what is left of an 11th-century Chacoan great house. Its rock walls and corridors have been the focal pint of considerable research ever since.
The museum features replicas of a sweatlodge, hogan, tipi, and pithouse. There is a renovated 19th-century homestead, and a variety of exhibits related to the area's historic and prehistoric cultures, as well as native arts and crafts of the Southwest. Lecture series are conducted in the museum's Kiva Gallery.
The Salmon Ruins Museum Gift Shop sells jewelry, authentic Navajo rugs, folk art, handcrafted pottery, photographs, books, and more. Guided tours of Chaco Canyon are also available from Salmon Ruins.
The museum is open from 8am to 5pm weekdays, 9am to 5pm on Saturdays, and noon to 5pm on Sundays; closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The cost of admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors aged 60 and over, and $1 for students aged 6~16. Children five years and younger are admitted free of charge.
The Museum and Research Library is managed by the San Juan County Museum Association in Bloomfield, New Mexico 87413. Salmon Ruins can be reached from Farmington via Highway 64, on the south side of the road just before the turnoff to Highway 550.
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