Museums


FORT STANTON HISTORIC SITE
FORT STANTON HISTORIC SITE
104 Kit Carson Rd., Fort Stanton, New Mexico
The Fort Stanton Historic Site is a must-see attraction when visiting Lincoln County.  Nestled on Highway 220 that bisects the Billy the Kid Scenic Byway, New Mexico’s newest historic site features over 155 years of southwestern history ranging from its initial...
Make History Come Alive with New Mexico History Tours
Make History Come Alive with New Mexico History Tours
575-257-8593
Tour Old Lincoln, New Mexico...the best-preserved town in the Old West...plus tours of Fort Stanton and other sites important to Western History. Jack Shuster is degreed in History with a field of interest in Social and Cultural History of the American People. A Living...
LINCOLN HISTORIC SITE - BILLY THE KID
LINCOLN HISTORIC SITE - BILLY THE KID
575-653-4025
Skipworth Dr, Lincoln, New Mexico
This National Historic Site is considered by many historians to be the most authentic old west town remaining in the United States. Center of the bloody Lincoln County War, the little hamlet was launched into the history books by a host of famous characters including Billy...
City of Roswell
City of Roswell
New Mexico
Outdoor activities: Roswell is surrounded by natural beauty. Bottomless Lakes State Park and Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge are nearby and far from ordinary. Shopping in Roswell: Roswell is home to some of the most eclectic shopping experiences this side of the...
Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts
Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts
575-336-4800 or 888-818-7872
108 Spencer Road, Alto, New Mexico 88312
A landmark 514-seat world-class theater which, on the average, hosts a major touring Broadway show, dance or musical performance every 11 days year-round during separate summer and winter seasons. Four major Dale Chihuly glass installations. Check the Spencer site for coming...
CARRIZOZO HERITAGE MUSEUM
CARRIZOZO HERITAGE MUSEUM
575-740-7033
103 12th St., Carrizozo (intersection U.S. 54 and 380)., New Mexico
The focus of this fledgling museum is the community’s past as a railroad boom-town. One exhibit features a typical one-room school with a window overlooking a since-demolished county seat building. A new model railroad exhibit is a kid-pleaser. Hours: March to...
SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK (MUSEUM)
SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK (MUSEUM)
575-354-2748 Capitan, New Mexico
Everything you ever wanted to know about Lincoln County’s most famous bear. Kids love the place. There’s a full-size talking Smokey and a small theater where a short documentary plays about the bear cub found in a 17,000-acre forest fire in the nearby Capitan...
MINER’S HOME & TOOLSHED MUSEUM
MINER’S HOME & TOOLSHED MUSEUM
575-648-2363
A restored 1800s family home from the gold-boom era. Photos, drawings, self-guided tour. The nearby cemetery is the resting spot for the first governor of New Mexico, Susan McSween Barber and deputy J.W. Bell, killed by Billy the Kid when he escaped from the Lincoln County...
SMOKEY BEAR MEMORABILIA MUSEUM & GIFT SHOP
SMOKEY BEAR MEMORABILIA MUSEUM & GIFT SHOP
575-354-2298 Capitan, New Mexico
If you’re looking for a stuffed Smokey, this is the place. In a small one-room log cabin on the other side of the historical park is a collection of (not for sale) items that feature Smokey’s image, as well as shelves full of for-sale items like t-shirts and Smokey Beanie...
CORONA MUSEUM
575-849-3277 Corona, New Mexico
In far north Lincoln County the 10-year old Corona Museum shares space in an old hotel with a new lending library. The museum features heirlooms and antiques from local families dating from the late 1800s and early 1900s (including a moonshine still found on a local ranch)....
ANDERSON-FREEMAN MUSEUM
ANDERSON-FREEMAN MUSEUM
575-653-4025 Lincoln, New Mexico
A division of the Hubbard Museum of the American West in Ruidoso Downs, the Anderson-Freeman is the best curated of all rural Lincoln County museums. There are extensive exhibits here documenting the Lincoln County War (depicted in the movie 'Young Guns,' among others) and a...
WHITE OAKS SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM
WHITE OAKS SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM
575-648-2521 White Oaks, New Mexico
Once the second-largest city in the state, White Oaks is just a ghost of what it was before residents tried to charge the railroad for right-of-way (and lost) and the gold mines petered out. One of the surviving gems is the finest example of an eastern-influenced, brick...