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Tinkertown Museum
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It took Ross Ward over 40 years to carve, collect, and construct what is now Tinkertown Museum. His miniature wood-carved figures were first part of a traveling exhibit, driven to county fairs and carnivals in the 1960s and '70s. Today over 50,000 glass bottles form rambling walls that surround a 22-room museum. Wagon wheels, old fashioned store fronts, and wacky western memorabilia make Tinkertown's exterior as much as a museum as the wonders within.
The inhabitants of a little western town animate to hilarious life. Under the big top, circus performers challenge tigers and defy gravity while the Fat Lady fans herself and a polar bear teeters and totters.

Facilities: A gift shop is provided at the Tinkertown Museum.

Reservations: Unknown

Best Time To Visit: Tinkertown Museum is open April 1st thru November 1st, 9am to 6pm daily.

Fees: A nominal admission fee is charged.

Accessibility: Unknown

Rules: Unknown

Directions: To reach the Tinkertown Museum from Albuquerque, take I-25 north to I-40 east. Take hwy 14 to Sandia Park. The museum is located on the Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway on hwy 536, on the way to the Sandia Crest.

Address
Tinkertown Museum
PO Box 303
Sandia Park, New Mexico 87047
Phone
General: (505) 281-5233
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