For professional photographers, who are intent on selling the image(s) of the Pueblo there is a Photography agreement that must be signed as well as a fee of $ 300 which is for a one time use. Sketching and painting fees are required as well. Sketching is $250 and Painting is $150 both fees are per day. For further information please contact the Tourism office.

Although our feast days are open to the public, one must be invited to a home to visit and/or share a feast day meal. Please use common courtesy etiquette and do not walk into a home uninvited. Other common courtesies include; after a dance is over please do not applaud for these are not performances. Our dances are part of a ceremony and it is an honor to see these dances. Please while watching the dances do not question community members as to what’s the significance of the dance, remember you are witnessing a ceremony therefore please exercise self control.

Thank you for visiting Taos Pueblo during these special events.

Taos Pueblo is the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark. The multi-storied adobe buildings have been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years. We welcome you to visit our village when you travel to northern New Mexico. .

Pueblo Shops open daily. For more information refer to the Tourism Office at (575) 758-1028.

Address 120 Veterans Highway Taos, NM 87571
For information on the Taos Pueblo July Powwow refer to www.taospueblopowwow.com.

• visitors daily from 8am to 4:30pm
• *except when tribal rituals require closing the Pueblo
• Late winter to early Spring the Pueblo closes for about ten weeks.
• call for info: 575-758-1028

1. Please report, and pay the appropriate fee for, each camera you carry into the Pueblo area.
2. Please respect the “restricted area” signs as they protect the privacy of our residents and the sites of our native religious practices.
3. Do not enter doors that are not clearly marked as curio shops. Each home is privately owned and occupied by a family and is not a museum display to be inspected with curiosity.
4. Please do not photograph members of our tribe without first asking permission.
5. Absolutely no photography in San Geronimo Chapel.
6. Do not enter the walls surrounding the ruins of the old church and our cemetery.
7. Praesent augue mauris
8. Do not wade in our river — our sole source of drinking water.

Come Visit us soon.

Taos Pueblo is also known for the shops and galleries found inside the actual Pueblo. Each shop is owned by tribal members. The individual families are able to benefit from the tourism industry by selling their handmade and hand crafted arts and crafts to the visitors. For generations some families have been able to provide for their families through this resource.

The shops also reflect the connection to the historical factor of Taos Pueblo being a trade center pre- European contact to today. Today, shop owner’s still sell and trade arts and crafts with other neighboring tribal people, such as other local Pueblos or Navajo people. This is reflected in the variety of goods the shops have to offer. All shop keepers and owners are able to identify arts and crafts from other communities.

Beyond the shops, Taos Pueblo is renowned for the arts and crafts made here. Traditional arts include micaceous pottery, drum making, and basketry. Other contemporary forms of art work would include painting, sculpture, and photography. Jewelry making, although not a traditional art form or contemporary art form, has been practiced since the 1940’s. Some shops sell their actual art work or resale works from other indigenous communities.

The shops are a unique attribute to the environment of the community with the artist on sight to talk and share their technique or concepts. Shop owners also can give insight to the art they carry and can share the value of a piece. It is important to note that the shops located in the Pueblo vicinity are held to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act which is a federal act for business owners of all sorts who carry Native American arts and crafts to disclose the authenticity of the work he/she is selling.

Taos Pueblo has been charging to come into the community since the 1920’s. In the early 1900’s the Taos area was seeing and feeling a large number of visitors. Artisans, Anthropologists, writers, and entrepreneurs of the sort were intrigued with the unique sense of the Taos valley. Many say they were brought here by some unforeseen force or they knew they had to come here. The explorers who came into the area were very interested in the Pueblo Indian way of life.

The community decided to start charging ten cents to come into the village. This was the Pueblo’s first economic engine for the tribe. Tourism has grown into a much larger industry for the community, but the humble approach to this business venture is very much a simple arm of bringing funds into the community. Tourism now consists of a full department with employees and a full seven day operation. The benefits of opening the doors to our home have helped us tremendously. The difference is the time and the amount of people coming to our home. To help with the questions of what is this? And are these real Indians? The tribe decided to implement a tour guide component to the tourism department. The idea was to help give a better understanding of our community to the world that steps into our home.

The Tour Guide program has been in place since the 1970’s or so. This was a way for the community to provide support to their young people, which is still the concept today. At this time there were many young people venturing beyond the Pueblo community for school, trade school or just moving a new family to an urban area, with the incentive for better opportunity. Tour guiding helped with these ventures.

Today, the tour guide program is still used in this way to support the efforts of the young people. The goal is to help the students of the community. It also gives the community the opportunity to tell the story of our home to the world from our perspective. The history of the Pueblo is timeless and that is our connection to this beautiful place, why not share it? The tour guide program allows the visitor to interact with a community member and take a piece of our history to share with the world. When a visitor takes a tour they are able to ask questions and interact with the young adults of the community and get a perspective that they may not walk away with from reading a map.

Guided tours are offered daily from 9 am – 4 pm. Each guide takes you on a walking tour through the Pueblo and explains certain aspects of the community. Please be mindful there are certain parts to our way of life such as religion and culture that may not be shared with the public.