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I took a taxi alone from downtown Santa Fe on a sunny weekday afternoon. The Wheelwright is a rustic, smaller museum that is off by itself and rather out in the middle of nowhere, but certainly worth the trip. When I was there, the museum was featuring paintings by California Native American (Maidu/Pitt River) artist Judith Lowry, and I was most impressed with her colorful, symbolic paintings. Her painting "The Funeral Of Frida Kahlo" left an especially deep impression on me (the description of the painting included the spooky true-life story behind it). I browsed the works for an hour or so before heading downstairs to the old-school trading post-style museum shop in the basement, which is also a feast for the senses and not to be missed, packed to the rafters with jewelry, kachinas, photographs, and other nice items in every price range (no touristy, souvenir-y stuff here).
After looking at the wonderful eye candy inside the museum, I stepped outside to wait for my cab and wandered around the quiet desert grounds awhile. I saw a road runner, some hawks soaring in the sky, a couple of jackrabbits, and a coyote skulking off in the distance, keeping an eye on me. I would definitely come back to the Wheelwright again, and recommend it highly!
In the same complex as the folk art museum. It was very very interesting and well worth the trip.