About the Museum

Jake Gold's Old Curiosity Shop (aka Gold's Free Museum) was the first Indian curio business in Santa Fe and was in existence between 1880 and 1905. It was said to have been established already in 1862 but that year is just referring to when Jake came to Santa Fe to help his father. The old adobe building known as the Old Curiosity Shop had wood carrying burros in front of and or around the corner on Burro Alley. The outlook made the shop on San Francisco street a favorite subject for photographers of the late 19th century.