Salmon Ruins Museum

Salmon Ruins Museum Private tours to nearby areas. Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) occupied what is now known as Salmon Ruins from approximately 1088 to 1280 C.E.

Prehistoric Chacoan Outlier Village with Historic Homestead & Houses representing other times & cultures of the Southwest, museum with artifacts from the site, ongoing research & interpretation of the site. At its climax 200-300 people lived amongst the 150+ rooms performing all kinds of tasks. At Salmon Ruins visitors can learn about Chacoan culture, San Juan culture, astronomical alignments in t

he architecture, and much, much more! The museum also schedules tours to Chaco Canyon, Dinetah Navajo defensive sites (pueblitos) and rockart, and the Bisti wilderness . Salmon Ruins: San Juan County Archaeological Research Center and Library is an unique resource for ALL researchers (academic or not) looking into Southwestern cultures and archaeology.

06/04/2026

Somehow an old post about our Christmas Craft Show popped up in a local Facebook group. Please disregard this post; we are not hosting a summer craft fair.

Apologies for the confusion.

06/03/2026

Entry fees are going toward a $1.6 million fireworks display and D.C. beautification, while donations will fund a $5 million helipad at the White House.

05/28/2026

The National Park Service is using at least $67 million worth of park entrance fees to help fund President Trump’s beautification projects in Washington, D.C., according to a New York Times analysis. https://nyti.ms/4uxg1j3

05/26/2026

Taking 'Best in Show' at the Northern Plains Tribal Art Show, the 2002 beadwork tableau is held in the collections of the American Indian Museum

05/21/2026
New Mexico's Pueblo leaders urged continued pressure to maintain a ban on drilling around Chaco, as a national organizat...
05/21/2026

New Mexico's Pueblo leaders urged continued pressure to maintain a ban on drilling around Chaco, as a national organization named the greater area to its list of top historic endangered sites.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape in top 11 most endangered historic places.

Canoodling, you say?!
05/14/2026

Canoodling, you say?!

05/10/2026

Welcome to everyone visiting for the Archaeological Society of New Mexico conference this weekend! We hope you enjoyed it and visited some cool sites! Thanks especially to the tour guides and Site Stewards for helping out!

New photos show major damage to an ancient archeological site in Arizona during border wall construction. (via KJZZ Phoe...
05/07/2026

New photos show major damage to an ancient archeological site in Arizona during border wall construction. (via KJZZ Phoenix)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the approximately 1,000-year-old geoglyph in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was disturbed by border wall contractors nearly two weeks ago.

Address

6131 U.S. 64
Bloomfield, NM
87413

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

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+15056322013

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