Primarily showing student and faculty work, the esteemed IAIA museum features the finest offerings of Native American artists from around the country. It houses over 7000 works; its contemporary Native art reflecting its diverse cross-cultural influences.

Possessing the largest collection of the master painter's work in the world, this museum is the most visited art attraction in Santa Fe. Seeing these paintings in person will move even the most casual O'Keeffe fans. Her thick brushwork and luminous colours don't always come through on the peeling posters you've kept since college; relish them here firsthand.

The Southwest's most famous artist, painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was born in Wisconsin, and studied art in Chicago and New York. Photographer and gallery owner Alfred Steiglitz showed her work at his influential gallery, 291, and she posed for his camera hundreds of times. They married in 1924. O'Keeffe spent some months in New Mexico in 1929 and went on to visit every year thereafter. Steiglitz died in 1946 and three years later, O'Keeffe moved to the Southwest permanently. She lived in Abiquiu, a village 45 minutes northwest of Santa Fe, in a renovated adobe home.

This collection, set in one of John Gaw Meem's finest buildings, traces the history of Spanish New Mexico. Straw appliqué, jewellery and other treasures as well as contemporary crafts like ramilletes (colourful paper garlands) by local artist Estrellita Carillo-Garcia are on display.

The surreal collection of santos (religious figures) in the form of retablos (paintings on wood) and bultos (small sculptures) includes not only New Mexican examples, but also pieces from Spain, Brazil, Mexico and many other countries. There are guided tours.