TUCUMCARI HISTORICAL MUSEUM
The Tucumcari Historical Museum is located at 416 South Adams and housed in a school built in 1903. In addition to the collections displayed on three floors that allows the visitor to feel a sense of discovery, there are also expansive outdoor exhibits set among landscaped grounds that showcase flora native to the area.
TUCUMCARI HISTORICAL MUSEUM
416 South Adams St.
(575) 461-4201
MESALANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DINOSAUR MUSEUM AND NATURAL SCIENCES LABORATORY
stablished in May 2000, the Mesalands Community College Dinosaur Museum and Natural Sciences Laboratory with 10,000 square feet of exhibit space, and large well-equipped paleontology/geology laboratory is just of the college’s surprises.
Displays at the museum in replicated and original fossils. They are as diverse as miniature footprint castings to a huge 40′ long skeleton of a Torvosaurus, a rare relative of Tyrannosaurus rex. Exhibits are from private local dig sites and area fossil beds. An expansive viewing window allows guests to view paleontology students and the curator prepare as well as preserve specimens.
A collection of mineral specimens from throughout the world are also on display in the museum. Mineral specimens are also sold in the gift shop.
222 East Laughlin Ave.
(575) 461-6627
TUCUMCARI RAILROAD MUSEUM
Tucumcari’s cornerstone is the railroad. The city’s colorful and exciting railroad history is preserved at the Tucumcari Railroad Museum in the renovated railroad depot that was built in 1926.
TUCUMCARI RAILROAD MUSEUM
100 West Railroad Ave.
(575) 461-3701
