Farmington Museum at Gateway Park

New Mexico


Farmington’s one significant visitor attraction, this large modern museum traces the town’s history and growth, with a reconstruction of its first trading post, and also mounts changing art shows. The Energy Wing covers the local gas and oil industry.


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