24 Murals: Gallup Tour
VisitGallup is promoting a Downtown Mural Walking Tour featuring 24 murals that trace local history and Native American culture — a compact, walkable urban art route with a short video guide (3 likes, 66 views) []. The tour is a good on‑ground option for landscape and street photographers seeking culturally rich mural subjects [].
A downloadable map is offered on VisitGallup's Downtown Mural Walking Tour pagevisitgallup.com and a print copy can be picked up at the Visitor's Center at 106 U.S. Route 66visitgallup.visitwidget.com; the route listing on VisitWidget maps the tour at roughly 1.6 miles with an estimated 16‑minute between‑stops pacing.visitgallup.visitwidget.com City and community partners began commissioning downtown murals in the early 2000s, and Gallup MainStreet documents a city‑commissioned mural project launched in 2005 that seeded much of the current public‑art collection.visitgallup.visitwidget.com Signature pieces on the mapped circuit include Chester Kahn’s Native American Trading Mural (2005)route66roadmap.com, Be Sargent’s Navajo Code Talker Mural on 2nd Streetofftheroadnm.org, and the Silver Dust Trading Mural (2018) by Ric Sarracino, commissioned by the Ferrari family.route66roadmap.com The mural tour is presented alongside Gallup Arts & Cultural District programmingnmartsandculturaldistricts.org and is one of several mapped experiences promoted by VisitGallup, which also lists a North Side Arts Walking Tour and a Historic Buildings Walking Tour for expanded downtown exploration.visitgallup.com
