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Ruidoso River Museum — Special Exhibitions

 SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

Special Exhibitions currently include the "Natural Gold Nugget Display" and our "Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus". See below for more information on both of these displays. Make sure you check back here regularly for many more upcoming special exhibitions!

Gold Nugget Display

 Natural Gold Nugget Display

You’ve probably never seen natural state nuggets as large or a beautiful as these. Come and view a 78.8 gram nugget of natural placer gold from California, two natural Alaskan gold nuggets weighing in at 195 grams and 227 grams or a natural gold on quartz nugget from nearby White Oaks, New Mexico. Click Here for Enlarged View.
Egyptian Sarcophagus
 Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus

Without question one of the oldest and most valuable items in Ruidoso, this ancient Egyptian sarcophagus was created sometime between 200 and 300 BC. This beautiful mummy fragment was purchased from the famous Paris 1860 - 1929 collection of Jean Andre Perichon Bey. Come and see this fantastic antiquity. Click Here for Enlarged View.
 
 

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