Museum of Spanish Colonial Art

The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art is the only museum in the country dedicated to the Spanish Colonial art tradition of the Americas, housing an exceptional collection of santos, retablos, bultos, furniture, and textiles spanning 500 years of artistic production across the Spanish colonial world — from sixteenth-century New Spain through the contemporary revival of traditional New Mexican Hispanic art. The collection documents the continuous artistic tradition of New Mexico's Hispano communities, from the earliest colonial settlements through the santero tradition that flourished in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the contemporary artists who continue these practices today. Located on Museum Hill, the museum provides essential context for understanding the deepest roots of New Mexico's visual culture.