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Anasazi State Park Museum is a museum and Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site. It’s located in Boulder, Utah, along Scenic Byway 12.
Introduction to Anasazi State Park Museum
Anasazi State Park was established in 1960 and opened to the public as a state park and museum in 1970. It covers 6 acres protecting the ruins of an Anasazi village. The property features a museum, archaeological site, gift shop, auditorium, and picnic areas.
Visiting Anasazi State Park Museum
Admission for day-use areas is $8, but fees are currently not being charged due to remodeling (as of October 2025). On that note, the museum and archaeological site are open but the museum exhibits are currently a work in progress (as of October 2025). The park is open daily, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, from 9am to 5pm. Check the official website for more information.
Museum
Note: The photos posted below are from my visit in October 2015. The exhibits have since been reimagined and reopened to the public in Spring 2024.
In the museum, there are excellent interactive displays about the Ancestral Puebloans and how they lived. Exhibits include several artifacts excavated from the adjacent archaeological site and examples of typical homes. There’s also a short film worth watching to learn more about the site.
Archaeological Site
Behind the museum are ruins of a village inhabited between 1050 and 1200. The village is often referred to as the Coombs Village Site. A self-guided trail with interpretive panels takes visitors around the site.
The village was one of the largest known Anasazi communities west of the Colorado River. It’s estimated that 250 people lived at the site, which is mostly unexcavated. The University of Utah carried out brief excavations in 1958 and 1959. About 90 rooms have been discovered in 2 separate 1-story complexes.
Replica Dwelling
Near the ruins, there’s a replica block of rooms built with the same materials the Ancestral Puebloans used to build their village. Three residential rooms and three food storage rooms are represented.
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The museum has been open since spring of 2024. The exhibits are still a work in progress but visitors have full access to the museum, archaeological site, and gift shop. The State Park is open 9-5 daily closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years days. The photos for the museum posted above are from the previous museum exhibit and are not up to date.
– Jamie Skidmore, Anasazi State Park Manager
Thanks for the updates – I last visited in 2015 so I’ll make a note in the post. I look forward to seeing the new exhibits in the future.