Location
Parking
free parking
Visitor tip
Plan to participate in hands-on activities like gold panning, leatherworking, and cattle branding crafts during your visit - these interactive elements make the experience engaging for all ages
Visitor tip
Access the museum's online collections catalog featuring over 2,700 historic photographs before or after your visit to deepen your understanding of Ruidoso's history and settlement
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum
- Highlights
- Historic home from 1920s, Wingfield family exhibits, ancient cultures, Ruidoso history
- Admission
- Free
- Hours
- Wed-Sat 10am-5pm
What visitors say
This is a very interesting museum featuring the the families who founded Ruidoso. Neat, well organized, informative, free. It was a good visit.
Un lugar donde te muestran la historia de la ciudad
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Did You Know?
- The museum maintains an online collections catalog featuring over 2,700 historic photographs documenting Ruidoso life from the 1950s-1960s through the Carmon Phillips photograph collection
- Wingfield Heritage House Museum offers completely free admission with interactive hands-on activities including gold panning, leatherworking, cattle branding crafts, and a shooting gallery
- The museum operates the 'Ruidoso Rewind' weekly radio show and hosts monthly 'Time Turner History Book Club' meetings as part of its community engagement programming
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