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Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum
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This archaeological museum in Dolores, Colorado, has served since 1988 as the visitor center for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, interpreting the long human history of the Four Corners region. Its exhibits draw from about 3 million artifacts, most tied to Ancestral Puebloan communities, and reflect a name change from Anasazi Heritage Center out of respect for modern Pueblo people. Beside the museum stand the interpreted Escalante and Dominguez Pueblos, archaeological sites that illuminate ancient settlement, architecture, and daily life. Together they connect the region’s early farming and hunting communities, their later migrations, and the landscape they once inhabited.
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