When Route 66 travelers cruise through western New Mexico, one of the common stops just off the road is the amazing and beautiful Sky City of Acoma Pueblo.
Today, the Gallup Independent reports that the news $10.4 million Sky City Cultural Center, which houses the Haaku Museum, is set to open May 27. The opening ceremony is May 29. It replaces an old tourist information center that burned down in 2000.
Brian D. Vallo is the museum's director.
The center includes a theater, which will be used for American Indian readings, poetry, lectures, training sessions and American Indian films, Vallo said.
In the basement is the first-ever tribal archives including humidity controlled atmosphere room for storage of artifacts and a clean room for restoration, he said.
Tribal members have been bringing hundreds of items to the center and giving or loaning them for archival purposes, including historical photos, documents, leather goods, different types of artifacts and pottery, Vallo said.
Thank you for your hard work on this long-awaited project! My family & I would like to contribute monthly to the Friends of Sky City Cultural Center…..please provide us with more info.
Also, My 9 year old daughter is the current reigning Little Miss Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) she will be attending this event with her family. Please call me at 288-8511
if there is anything I can do to help.
I work at New Sunsrise RTC behind ACL and would
like to take our residents & staff to this big event! Thank you! RW
I am not affiliated with the Sky City Cultural Center. However, here is a Web site in which you can fill out an application for membership. Here is the site:
https://www.skycity.com/index.aspx?nav=1&level=3&pk=105&fk=
are you open on Sundays?-please let us know the hours athat the center is open and when tours are available-thanks Al
I am not affiliated with Acoma Sky City. You’ll have to call them for the information at 1-800-747-0181.