Museum sights in Taos
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Taos Art Museum & Fechin Institute
This museum was home to Russian artist Nicolai Fechin, who emigrated to New York City in 1922 at age 42 and moved to Taos in 1926. Today his paintings, drawings and sculptures are in museums and collections worldwide. Between 1927 and 1933, Fechin completely reconstructed the interior of his adobe home, adding his own distinctly Russian woodcarvings. The Fechin house exhibits the artist’s private collection, including much Asian art, and hosts occasional chamber music events. Five-day watercolor, sculpture and other arts workshops are offered from May to October at the nearby ranch.
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Kit Carson Home & Museum
Although the collection of artifacts at the Kit Carson Home & Museum is pretty light, you can watch an interesting 20-minute History Channel video about the famed frontiersman's life and explore his one-story home. For a more interesting - if haphazard - collection of period artifacts, walk across the street to the tiny museum inside El Rincón Trading Post.
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Taos Historic Museums
Taos Historic Museums runs two great houses: the Blumenschein Home, with spectacular art, and the Martínez Hacienda, a 21-room colonial trader's former home dating from 1804.
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Millicent Rogers Museum
The Millicent Rogers Museum, is filled with pottery, jewelry, baskets and textiles, and has one of the best collections of Native American and Spanish-Colonial art in the US.
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