Gallup, New Mexico

Area Attractions

Red Rock Balloon Rally
 

Gallup Cultural Center is located at 201 E. Historic Rt. 66.  Recently renovated, the cultural center has all a tourist can want:  a gift shop, museum, art gallery, arts & crafts demonstration, café, tourist information theater, bus station for Greyhound Lines and Amtrak service.

Gallup Historical Museum is located at Rt. 66 and Third Street in Downtown Gallup and is operated by the Gallup Historical Society to showcase the railroad and mining history of the Gallup area.

Red Rock State Park and Museum is located six miles east of Gallup and houses permanent displays of Kachinas, pottery, rugs, silver, and turquoise as well as traveling art exhibits.

Octavia Fellin Public Library, located at 101 W. Hill Street in Gallup, provides monthly exhibits of art by regional artists.

Navajo Code Talkers Room, located at 103 W. Route 66 in the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce building, houses photos and other memorabilia which commemorate the vital contribution made by the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.

Nightly Indian Dances & Market are every evening at 7:00 p.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day in the Court House Square.  Authentic Native American dance and music groups are sponsored by the City of Gallup.

Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial
Gallup is the site of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial which has been held annually since 1922, usually starting on the second Thursday of August.  Indian participants come from all over North America to take part in the events designed to show their talents as cowboys, their agility as dancers, and their expert craftsmanship in the fields of arts and crafts.

Take a Self-Guided Historic Walking Tour of downtown Gallup.  Check at the Gallup-McKinley County Chamber of Commerce, 104 West Highway 66 for directions.

Red Rock State Park is host to the Red Rock Balloon Rally.  Held annually on the first weekend in December, it is the second largest balloon rally in the state of New Mexico.

Playground of Dreams is located on the north side of I-40 on Maloney.  It is a wonderful place for the kids to play and have fun.

For Native American Silversmithing, ask at any trader’s shop to see if they have manufacturing on the premises.  If so, ask them for a tour.

A’shiwi A’wan Museum and Heritage Center is located behind Zuni Tribal Arts & Crafts Store, 1222 State Hwy. 53 in Zuni.  The museum  is an eco-museum in harmony with the cultural environmental values of the Zuni people.  It is neither a temple, nor a storehouse, but a community learning center which links the past with the present as a strategy to deal with the future.