Allan Houser Gallery & Sculpture Garden
- Visit our downtown Santa Fe gallery, steps from the Plaza. Open year round, we maintain affiliations with galleries and museums across the US and around the world.
- Allan Houser Sculpture Garden and Gallery Guided Tour at Haozous Place
- Journey a short, scenic 20 minutes from downtown Santa Fe to the Allan Houser Studio & Sculpture Gardens & Haozous Place. Open year-round and featuring some of Houser’s most famous bronze, steel, and original stone sculptures, set in lush juniper and pinon hills, under vast New Mexico skies.
- Tours run Thursdays, and Saturdays , from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
- Must book tour in advance.
- The individual fee is 35. + tax per person. Children under 12 are free.
- Consistently rated as a top “hidden gem” experience in Santa Fe.
- Call (505) 982-4705 to book.
Allan’s parents, Sam and Blossom Haozous were members of the Chiricahua Apache tribe who were held as prisoners of war for 27 years. Allan’s father was with the small band of Warm Springs Chiricahuas when their leader, Geronimo, surrendered to the U.S. Army in 1886 in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Allan Houser’s father, Sam Haozous, and Geronimo were first cousins.
Allan was born just months after their release, the first child born out of captivity.
Growing up on the farm, Allan labored with crops and helped support the family growing vegetables and raising livestock and horses. At an early age he became interested in the images he saw in magazines and books. In 1934 a notice for an art school in Santa Fe attracted his attention, and he enrolled in the Painting School at the Santa Fe Indian School. Commonly known as the Dorothy Dunn School after its prominent teacher. Allan became its most famous student.
Allan Houser, Inc. is a family corporation that was established in 1982 with a mission to preserve and present the lifetime work of the Modern American Master Artist, Allan Houser.
Read my blog post about Allan Houser: The Making of a Legend.