Sierra County Museums

Black Range Museum
Highway 152, Hillsboro
575-895-5233 or 575-895-5685

hours: long weekends and by appointment
admission: donation

Artifacts and other historical displays relating to Hillsboro, the former County Seat.

Geronimo Springs Museum
211 Main Street, T or C
800-831-9487 / 575-894-6600

hours: Monday - Saturday, 9–5;
Sunday 12–4
admission: Adults $6; Students $3
Children under 6 with an adult get in free
AAA and tour discounts

Exhibits include a world-class pottery and arrowhead collection, info on Geronimo and other Warm Springs Apaches, the Hispanic Heritage room, and the Ralph Edwards (host of "Truth or Consequences" the game show) Room.

The Museum also hosts a continuing speakers series on the third Thursday of every month. See their website's EVENTS page for the lineup.

El Camino Real International Heritage Center

575-854-3600

non-summer hours: 8:30am - 5pm, 6 days a week (closed Tues).
summer hours: same as above, but closed Mon & Tues.
Closed New Years Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
admission: $5 adults; children 16 and under free.

Located in Socorro County, just north of the Sierra County line.

From I-25: exit 115, east to Hwy 1 frontage road, south 1.5 miles, turn east onto County Road 1598 and proceed 2.7 miles to the Center.

Percha Bank Museum
Main Street, Kingston
575-895-5032

abbreviated hours in the winter
summer hours 10am-4pm Sat & Sun
call for an appointment to be safe
admission: donation

The only fully intact building left from Kingston's mining days.

Pioneer Store Museum
Wall Street, Chloride

575-743-2736
email: dedmund@windstream.net

hours: open 7 days, 10am-4pm
admission: donation

Built during Chloride's boom; open for business as a mercantile until 1923. Many of the items in this museum are original to the store.

Veterans Memorial Park
and
The Hamilton Military Museum
996 S. Broadway, T or C
575-894-0750

museum hours: Tues-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm
admission: donation

Veterans Memorial Park features a 1/3 size replica of Washington DC's Vietnam Wall memorial, "The Walk of Education" (with information on every conflict in which the United States has been involved since 1775), and the newly-opened Hamilton Museum.