Governor Bent House and Museum

Museum in peril.. in total disarray.. artifacts being destroyed

The “museum” is in total disarray… It’s full of interesting things but the owner is elderly and is letting the place devolve into a hoarders dumpsite. It was painful to see how an actual historical si...

Some history

Came here when we were walking around town. Entrance fee is only $3. Got to go through a few rooms with A LOT of artifacts that were pretty cool.

Improvements Needed!

There are many historically interesting items in the museum, but it was difficult to navigate. With some cataloging, organizing, updating and cleaning it could be a much better experience for museum g...

A strange place

Well. I guess this is where Governor Bent was killed. There are a few books about what went on in Taos during those few days in January 1847. " Revolt in Taos", is one of those books. The man behind...

Maybe

If you really need to see the hole in the wall Gov Bent crawled through to escape then maybe but many other better museum choices.