Sandia Park, New Mexico: Tinkertown

Tiny miniatures -- too many to count -- in mechanical motion, the life's work of the late Ross Ward, in a warren of buildings made of bottles and cemented rocks. Also: the pants of a former World's Tallest Man.

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Tinkertown Museum

What a wonderful place - one of the neatest I've seen in years of blue-highway road-tripping. A crazy conglomeration of animated dioramas, mechanical gypsy fortune-tellers, carnival music, and even a boat out back that was sailed round the world. Well worth a detour - combine with Madrid and the Turquoise Trail for a great day trip from Albuquerque or Santa Fe.

[Julian Smith, 06/16/2002]

April 2008 - Photo from Carol Stickel.

Tinkertown Museum

Tinkertown Museum is a spiritual ensemble of junk, with dynamic moving hand-carved vignettes. See Boot Hill and be amazed!!

[Sara Badiali, 09/28/2000]

Tinkertown Museum

A fun place in Sandia, New Mexico we saw was Ross Ward's Tinkertown Museum. It's really nice. "Compulsive" was the word here.

[John Preble, 09/10/1997]

"12,000 objects," but "more than 48,000 bottles." Glass-bottle walls. Features a miniature, animated, hand-carved wooden western town and circus. Ross Ward's motto: "I did this while you were watching TV."

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Tinkertown

Tinkertown Museum

Address:: 121 Sandia Crest Rd, Sandia Park, NM
Directions:: I-40 exit 175. Drive north six miles on on Hwy 14. Turn left onto Hwy 536 (toward Sandia Crest). Drive 1.5 miles. Tinkertown will be on the left.
Hours:: April-Oct. F-M 10-3:30 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Phone:: 505-281-5233
Admission:: Adults $6.
RA Rates:: Major Fun