Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

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The teal entrance doors at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico

The free Maxwell Museum of Anthropology (maxwellmuseum.unm.edu; free, donations accepted) will satisfy the cultural anthropologist in you, and holds the largest collection of Ancestral Puebloan artifacts in the world. Temporary exhibits are also on display.

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