Geronimo Springs Museum — Attraction in Truth or Consequences

We popped in and thought we’d breeze through this local museum. Ha ha. The history timeline of this area goes back more than 600 years - and they take a crack at covering it all! We went to the right as they had a local Native American speaking that morning. He had already started, but we sat down & listened to him speak about his experience growing up on the East Coast but also learning traditional Apache Ways from his father. His name was Harold and we found him delightful. When he finished, we continued to the right and there was SO much stuff to look at and read! I never made it through the right side of the building. Pat was wiser and moved through much quicker realizing you could never take it all in one visit. So I missed the entire left side. They had an excellent gift shop with books and local artists donating items as fund raisers. I bought a lovely handmade lapis rosary, a book signed by the author, & a beautiful barn wood frame with a loose interpretation of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Highly recommend the gift shop!! Volunteers man this museum. Harold helped check us out. I wanted to slip back and catch what I missed, but it did not work...

Really 3.5 stars, but didn't want to hurt the small town Museum... Reason for the rating is that the volume of Native pottery is not so much astounding as much as kinda sad. I would suggest that maybe keeping a few representative pieces for the Museum and then returning the rest to the Cultural Communities where they should remain would be a great move. I mean, having like 50pcs of Roosevelt Polychrome is more than a Museum of this size (or any size) needs and the casual Visitor needs to see... Keeping in mind that these pieces were not likely removed "by the books" by the Pot Hunters thanked on the plaques in front of the exhibits. Overall, worth a trip for sure- but maybe could use some kind of Curation to organize and focus...

This is a very large collection of local American history. It’s also much larger on the inside than the outside leads you to believe. It’s definitely geared to adults and not children, just FYI for families. The collection includes an excellent collection of Indigenous American pottery from thousands of years ago to more recent history. There are cowboy artifacts, American Indian artifacts, lots of pictures and articles from local towns over the years. Then, of course, there is an entire room dedicated to The Name Change history and Ralph Edwards - the host of Truth or Consequences. It can take an hour or more depending on how in-depth you want to get with everything available. $6 to get in as of 05/25,...