Chaco Culture National Historical Park Museum Collection Facility Opens
Oct. 12, 2007
On Friday, Oct. 12, 2007, the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Museum Collection Facility will open at the Hibben Center for Archaeological Research at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Chaco Museum Collection Facility will house over 1 million artifacts including ceramic vessels, pprojectile points, bone tools, stone tools, painted wood, textiles, and orniments. This is one if the largest, most intact NPS archaeological collections, with well-provenienced artifacts and docmentation.
The Hibben Center, located south of the Anthropology Building on the main University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, was completed in June 2002. It contains 37,565 sq ft on four levels. In April 2007, the NPS completed construction of approximately 10,000 sq ft on the second and third floors for its use, under a lease agreement with UNM.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
