A wonderful afternoon listening to a country (?) songwriter session with some love music and back story. I had no idea who any of them were but the crowd seemed thrilled and it was an enjoyable experience even for someone who doesn't listen to country music.

Afterwards our group toured the museum itself and were pleasantly surprised. Expectations were exceedingly low because of the geographic location of the museum and it purported speciality of Murican Southwest art. But they were greatly exceeded and this museum could have been located in New Mexico just as easily. Great place to stop.

The main level had pretty standard traditional SW paintings. It was alright. Some good works. Saw a few crazy horse faces.

The downstairs wasn't well marked but it was showcasing a local school(s) exhibit and some of the pieces were wonderful. The formal cats (picture attached) being a highlight of the entire museum. Whoever you are kid, keep up the good work.

The upstairs was really the highlight. Much more modern and various styles of art. The sculptures were old school to crazy. Especially enjoyed the totem with chickens on their heads. The large map of first nations throughout North America was an excellent piece and I hadn't seen it put so well before. The scale and detail made it much easier to recognize the natural and political boundaries of the tribes. It's unfortunate that it is tucked away in the corner behind some clothes pieces as in my opinion it lays the foundation for the entire area in terms of what to expect. Much more expressioned art upstairs and a few more crazy horse faces.

There was a very strange room with Murican presidents painted in a group portrait that was... creepy. I got the jist of what was being went for but it was just weird and not very true to photograph for many of the faces. Apparently it's a working space according to the sign and is incomplete. So perhaps the non-representitve features will be fixed at a later date.

Overall, very excellent experience and hope to be back. There's a supercharger less than 20mins away at the Target too.