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Shopping for authentic Native American jewelry, pottery, rugs, kachinas, paintings, and folk art in the kiva shaped showroom of the Sandia Pueblo Bien Mur Indian Market Center is an Albuquerque experience that is not to be missed.  Bien Mur means "Big Mountain" in Tiwa, for the Sandia Mountain range that gave the tribe it's name.  As a tribal-owned enterprise, Bien Mur is dedicated to supporting Native American artists. 

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The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque offers educational programming and exhibitions tracing the heritage of the Pueblo people of New Mexico.  Information on each of the 19 pueblos is available along with interactive learning experiences, and traditional tribal dances and art demonstrations every weekend. 

The wonderful gift shop offers traditional and contemporary arts, jewelry, pottery, paintings, books, music, and videos.  Avanyu Gallery features changing art exhibitions from award winning Native American ...

The Palms Trading Company has a large inventory of authentic American Indian crafts in a wide range of prices.  Discover one of a kind hand made pottery, jewelry, rugs, and kachinas in a welcoming trading post setting near Old Town Albuquerque.  Native American artists from tribes all over the southwest including Zuni, Hopi, Taos, Acoma, Navajo, Jemez, and others bring their unique works of art to the Palms.  Browse the ...

The shelves at Schelu are filled with fun and creative pottery, functional stoneware, and exotic yarns and fibers (it is THE place to get that hard to find original gift), but an additional draw is occurring next month.  Sol of the Mustang: Wild Horses in New Mexico is an exhibit of photography by David Cramer running July 6 - 27, 2007.  There will be an opening and Artscrawl reception on July ...

Shopping in Albuquerque is a treat, in part because of unusual and original stores like our own Ooh! Aah! Jewelry.  I go to this boutique for both gifts and to meet my own need to sparkle and shine on occasion. 

They have a wide range of original designs in sterling silver and gold paired with semiprecious gems, and wonderfully whimsical, colorful crystal earrings that cry out to be taken home.  Add to ...

Albuquerque has shopping that fits everyone's taste. There are malls packed full of stores like Dillards and Macys and Sears. Then there is the upscale outdoor mall, ABQ Uptown, with shops like Eddie Bauer and J. Jill. But what about the shopper who loves old bulidings with nooks and crannies that surprise them with treasures that will forever remind them of the day walking through Albuquerque when they felt the ...

Forget the rabbits with horns (yes, they have them), check out the nifty furniture, rugs, fountains, folk art, clothing, pottery, and more (much more).  It boggles the mind to think of how they pack all of this stuff into one place.  This is shopping as it was meant to be - fun. 

The Albuquerque Jackalope is filled with unusual souvenirs and goodies from all around the world.  Strange and wonderful sights ...

Every weekend except during the New Mexico State Fair in September, Expo New Mexico plays host to the state's oldest and largest outdoor flea market.  Wonderful treasures including jewelry, clothing, books, furniture, and knick-knacks galore, fill 25 acres of space. 

Some of the over 1300 vendors have been here for years, and it shows in the sophistication of their set up, while others use the back of their pick up truck ...