sky city cultural center

We brought our friends from Canada here for the tour, which was outstanding. If you have an interest in history, Native American culture, or the beautiful New Mexico Landscape, you will enjoy this place. Our Acoma guide, Brandon, was very knowledgeable and friendly. If you visit, be sure to call ahead to ensure that the Pueblo tours are on that day, and remember this village is still home to many Acoma people at even though it is nearly 900 years old. An incredible place with an amazing story.

We took the guided tour of the Acoma Pueblo, which departed from the Sky City Cultural Center, about an hour west of Albuquerque, NM. Our guide, was a tribe member, and shared his perspective of the history of the 19 pueblos located in and around this area, as the Spaniards forced the native peoples religious conversion, and controlled the people with their soldiers. I like historical education and learned a lot about how the pueblo was built and the living conditions over the years. About a dozen families still live there and many are artists offering handmade pottery, etc, for sale during the tour. We were permitted to descend the original trail at the end of the tour, which we found exhilarating. Climbing down we used the original hand holds and steps that were chiseled into the rocks hundreds of years ago. The museum at the cultural center was under renovation, so I can't provide a review of that. We were so happy we made the scenic drive to the pueblo and enjoyed this outdoor walking tour.

The drive to Sky City is almost as impressive as the destination itself. Be prepared to spend the day here walking through history and listening to the stories of the craftspeople. We had a fabulous tour guide. The day was beautiful for pictures and we had a fabulous time! The only thing that was not mentioned until we got to the top was to bring water... but a clever salesperson on top did have water for sale! I highly recommend this site for anyone visiting New Mexico!

Mary S, Thank you for your review and I'm glad to hear that you had the "Best Native American Experience" We were chosen as the number 1 Best Native American Experience by the readers of USA TODAY and 10BEST and we strive to continue to provide the Best Native American Experience! We look forward to your return visit and hopefully it is to our St Esteban Feast day, not Pow-Wow if I may correct.

Terry B, thank you for your review! We are glad to hear you had a great educational experience provided by our tribal member Robert. We look forward to welcoming you back in the near future!

JVAuditMom, Thank you for your review and for visiting our Pueblo of Acoma "Sky City". I am glad to hear you had an enjoyable tour provided by Robert our tour guide. We hope that your children learned a bit of the Native American history of the Land of Enchantment. We look forward to welcoming you back in the near future.

J Adam K, Thank you for coming and taking the time to visit our Pueblo of Acoma! I am gald to hear you enjoyed your visit and that Brandon made it enjoyable! Our scenery and pueblo are all unique and glad you liked the drive to Acoma. We hope to welcome you back in the near future.

JoniDischner, Thank you for your review and for visiting our Pueblo of Acoma! It is good to know that Geri our tour guide provided you with an enjoyable tour and that you learned of our history and that you took a small piece of Acoma with you (pottery). We hope you can make it to one of our feast days in the future!

Sedro Woolley, Washington, Thank you for your review and I am glad to hear that your visit was well worth the time and drive! It is also good to know that our guide provided a good historical review and provided insight into our culture. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future!

Ellen4719, Thank you for your response and I'm glad that you enjoy your visits every time you come. We will start restocking our Gift Shop for the season and look to have a variety of art work available for purchase; most of the art work will be on cosignment by local artists. The local artisans do sell their work at resonable prices much less what you would pay for in Santa Fe. We look forward to your next visit.

Linda M, It is good to hear that you had a good informative experience while visiting our pueblo. We are proud to share our history and are glad that we can add to the education of all people. We hope to see you again in the near future.

livin42day, Thank you for your review and for visitng our Pueblo of Acoma. We have been here for a long time, some of our pottery have been dated back to 950AD. "Haak'u" our name for our pueblo was given to our ancestors which means "a place prepared" according to our emergence story.

lyrix428, Thank you for your review and recommendations! We truly appreciate you bringing friends and family to Sky City and we hope to make your aquaintance in the near future. Come and visit us during one of our feast days.

Seabird21, thank you for your review and for being patient with us. We are a living community and there are some things that are culturally sensitive and that we may block certain areas off. We just ask people to try and understand. I will ensure my Chef continues to prepare food that is fresh and palatable, which it always is. Thank you for visiting "Sky City"!

CalGal34, thank you for your review and for visitng our pueblo! It is good to know that our tour guide Geri provided a good history and readily conveyed the story of our pueblo. We look forward to welcoming you back in the near future!