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Museum of International Folk Art


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 163 attractions in Santa Fe
Traveler Description:
More than 120,000 objects are on display at this museum, including the Girard Foundation's collection of miniature buildings, streets and village...... more » More than 120,000 objects are on display at this museum, including the Girard Foundation's collection of miniature buildings, streets and village scenes from 100 different countries. « less
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Attraction type: Art museum, Museum, Other
Activities: Arts and crafts
Address: 706 Camino Lejo Santa Fe, NM 87504
Tel: 505 476 1200
Fax: 505 476 1300

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4 of 5 stars
Beckster1956   2 contributions
Portland, OR
Oct 9, 2009

The Museum of International Folk Art was fascinating & eclectic - Indonesian shadow puppets and orchestral instruments, examples of the works of all the NEA Fellows from New Mexico. The building is beautiful. Unfortunately the Cotsen/Neutrogena textiles gallery was closed to set up a new exhibit, but go down to the "basement". And the Girard Collection is funky, interesting, mind... more

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5 of 5 stars
CaMmmtravel   13 contributions
CA
Sep 21, 2009

Absolutely loved this museum especially the Girard wing. Definitely take a docent tour to get some good background. Your senses may be overloaded by the huge collection, but all are arranged in interesting ways. Definitely pick up the guidebook at the door otherwise you may be a bit lost. All the displays are clearly marked with the ID numbers in... more

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5 of 5 stars
deepfreud   25 contributions
greenville, sc
Jun 18, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

Fun, fun, fun. The collection here is whimsical, beautiful, spiritual, and irreverent all at the same time. The visiting exhibit was on Indonesian Shadow Puppets. Informative and amusing, not a very common combination. Some of the Indian museums in Santa Fe are dramatic, this lightens the mood. A definite must see. more

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5 of 5 stars
westvalle   18 contributions
gainesville, FL
Jul 31, 2008

Museum is chock-full of incredible folk art from all over the world. Kids love it! Docent lead tour was informative and fun. Don't miss this great museum in Santa Fe! more

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5 of 5 stars
sbee   11 contributions
arizona
Aug 11, 2007

The Girard collection was just outstanding and amazing. Loved this museum and the museum gift shop was fun too. more

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2 of 5 stars
gunnercade   60 contributions
Lubbock TX
Jun 23, 2007
1
person found this review helpful

The big hit in this museum is the Girard collection. Girard and his wife Susan traveled all over the world and purchased a number of things from craftsmen. It is an interesting collection, but it has two big problems. The visitor who is interested in finding out an object's origin by looking at the guidebook (which you can borrow and... more

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5 of 5 stars
Spacrawler   64 contributions
St Paul, MN
Feb 24, 2006
7
people found this review helpful

Wow! I've been to many museums in the world, but this is hands down the most unique, located on Museum Hill in Santa Fe - a lovely location. The main collection is composed of artifacts from many cultures in the world, inlcuding dolls, paintings, fabrics, figurines, etc. But it is so much more than that! There are clever displays of... more

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Museum of International Folk Art Address

706 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87504
Tel: 505 476 1200 Fax: 505 476 1300