Cortez Cultural Center
Local Arts & Culture Housed in a 1909 historic building, the Cortez Cultural Center contains a wealth of information on archaeology and Native American culture. The Center’s Museum displays interpretive exhibits on the Basketmaker and Pueblo periods of...
Ute Mountain Tribal Park
An In-Depth Experience The Ute Mountain Tribal Park offers an in-depth, deeply meaningful, and rare experience to visitors. Tribal members interpret tribal culture, pictographs, cliff dwellings, surface ruins, and artifacts. It has been selected by National Geographic...
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to preserve and interpret the archaeological heritage of the Ancestral Puebloan people who called it home for over 700 years from 600 to 1300 CE. The park protects nearly 5,000 known archaeological sites including 600...
Lowry Pueblo
Crossroads for Two Cultures Named for homesteader George Lowry, this site is typical of the medium-sized pueblos that once dotted the Montezuma Valley. Lowry Pueblo had a total of about 40 rooms and 8 kivas at its peak in the early 11th century and was home to...