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  • 117. Otero Museum

    Brown entrance sign for Otero Museum attached to a brick base next to a black street lamp.
    Otero Museum

    The museum documents and illustrates the history of Otero County in southeastern Colorado. The museum has exhibits illustrating transportation, military, postal, agricultural, business, schools, and many other aspects of life from pioneer times through the entrance of the nation onto the world stage. Be sure to ask to see the building that has Santa Fe Trail information, as well as a chuck wagon, stagecoach, and clothing owned by Kit Carson.


    Otero Museum

    Interior of the museum, a variety of exhibits including artifacts, pictures and maps hanging on the wall, and a couple saddles and display cases.
    Otero Museum interior
    Green and red covered wagon museum exhibit with various artifacts in museum with brick walls and exposed roof beams.
    Wagon museum exhibit