Geronimo Springs Museum

I was staying two nights here at the hot mineral springs. I was having such a lovely relaxed time I decided to walk around the neighborhood and I found this museum. It was veterans weekend and I was surprised that there were not a lot of visitors in this town. The greeter was a native American named Harold who told me he was 77 years old. Somehow I believe it might not have been his real name. It probably was just easier to pronounce. I took quite a bit of time touring all the rooms. It really gives you the history of the area and especially this town. I spent quite a bit of time talking with Harold who happened to be a veteran. I even saw an actual dinosaur head up close and personal. It was too cool. Don't let the obvious smell of decades of artifacts deter you. It's not about glitz and glamor. I'm afraid this history will be gone if someone like Harold is not there to take care of it.

This museum is small but pack with artifacts and character. Every nook and cranny has something historically relevant to the city and the area. The musuem store is filled nice thing and many interesting books.

Admission price $6/adult is kind of steep for the experience. The best exhibits were the Indian pottery, arrowheads and tools. The rest of the museum was a mish mash. The while museum is probably less than 2000sfDon't park in front of the vape store because you will be asked to move.

What an amazing curation of history! The cost was $5/person and we spent a good hour and a half wandering through the museum, and could have easily doubled that time with the amount of items to look at and stories to read through. For a small town the collection, largely pieced together and donated by the community, is very impressive. I also really enjoyed the gentlemen working at the front counter. His whole demeanor was such a great energy to experience and we enjoyed a nice conversation with him before we left.

This was a pleasant surprise. The collection of Native American pottery and arrowheads are alone worth the visit. The museum is compact, but fairly dense with artifacts. They have done a nice job of pulling together elements of the areas history. We enjoyed our visit a great deal.

Superb collection of pottery and artifacts from Hohokam, Mogollon, Ancestral Puebloan, Chihuahuan civilizations. The arrowhead and fossil collections are special, along with memorabilia from Chiefs Geronimo amd Victorio plus Hot Springs, too. Well worth the stop.

Yes, there is an entire room dedicated to nothing but the old Hollywood that used to come for the annual Fiesta Days when Ralph Edwards would come to town dragging Robert Reed or Anne B Davis or Peter Graves or some other 60s and 70s TV star with him. If you are of a certain age it's really kinda fun to walk through.But the better parts of the museum are a time capsule of life in the area when the Elephant Butte Dam was being built. Lots to read about Geronimo in one room. But frankly, it's less about the Indian Chief and his raids and life and more about the history of the town and area. One of my favorite parts was the log cabin. Painstakingly torn down and rebuilt on the edge of the museum; it really gives you an idea of how awful it must have been to live in one. We were there on a cold day and the cabin was drafty and freezing. Artifacts inside will be fun to explain to the kids.There were a lot of great displays like a real chuck wagon that had been used on a drive, a 48 star flag that had flown over the damn, an amazing local pottery collection and arrowheads - lots and lots of arrowheads - and details about barbed wire and brands of the area. If you are an old west fan, this is a cool stop. If you are in the area and just want to stretch your legs and check out some old stuff, it's a nice place to do that.It's not a fantastic museum. It's cramped and a bit disjointed. But for details about the area and a chance to explain some stuff to the youngin's about life before wi-fi it is perfect. I explained butter churns and rotary phones and actual ice boxes and saw a mastodon skull and...I am sure I didn't see everything

One of the best small town museums I have ever been to. It feels like a loving tribute. The displays are really nice and they have some amazing things to see like the mastadon head and trading beads. It is bigger than in looks from outside. I spent 2 hours here. We especially enjoyed touring the log cabin. Staff is really friendly and welcoming. Nice activity room where kids can make crafts and try on old time clothes.

Well worth the admission. Small building jam packed with local history. Native Americans, Hot springs, miners, cowboys and Game show host. Collections of pottery, minerals, saddles, hats and local Fiesta Queens.

This is a fine local museum that has been building its collection for 50 years. Much larger than it appears from the outside, it ranges from sophisticated displays covering the entire history of the region; to collections of Native pottery and artifacts; to recent community history. At a price tag of only $5, this is a must stop visit on your trip to ToC.