The focal point of the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum is the paritally completed 4,930 square foot museum building, which houses the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum administrative offices as well as the Poeh Museum’s Galleries and Permanent Exhibit, Nah Poeh Meng. The Poeh Administrative offices opened in 2000; the Collections Gallery, which houses the Museum’s permanent collection, and the Rotating Exhibit Gallery opened to the public in 2003. An Artist Demonstration Area, gift shop, and the permanent exhibit are under construction, and are expected to open in early 2005.

The Tower, prominent in many photos here, is under construction as well, and will feature additional exhibit space for the Poeh Museum, focusing on the oral and cultural history of pre-contact Tewa sites and the six Tewa Pueblos of today.

Future plans for the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum include a Children’s Museum, featuring hands-on activities and interpretive exhibitions relating to Tewa children; an amphitheatre hosting lectures and Native dances open to the public; and library and archive building. Pojoaque’s Public Library will be moved to the facility and the Pueblo’s paper and photo archives will be available on-line and physically for Tribal Member and the Public’s research.

The final phase of the Poeh Cultural Center will be the creation of a traditional Pueblo plaza similar to those found in the Pueblo’s throughout northern New Mexico. The plaza will feature traditional/contemporary Pueblo dances, bread making, and a permi-culture garden that contains foods grown throughout the Pueblos which provides staple for the Communities then and now.