Stand-in photo, not this place: Navajo rugs at an Arizona trading post, not the Gordon Collection
The Gordon Collection
Native American art gallery
About
The Gordon Collection is a family-run gallery and shop of Southwestern Native American art on East Colorado Avenue in Telluride. You'll find Navajo weavings in many regional styles, from Two Grey Hills and Teec Nos Pos rugs to antique chief's blankets and Germantown pieces, along with Native American jewelry such as bracelets, concho belts and bolos, plus pottery and baskets.
Corina Gordon prefers to call it a gallery because of the authenticity of the work, and several artists sell to the family directly. The website also has short histories of Navajo weaving and silversmithing if you want some background before you go.
History
The story starts in 1969, when Bill and Ginny Gordon took teaching jobs at the Rough Rock Demonstration School on the Navajo Nation in Arizona and came to know Navajo weavers and silversmiths. They moved to Telluride in January 1973 and ran a Native American arts gallery on main street through the 1970s and early 1980s. In 2016 Bill and their daughter Corina opened the Gordon Collection at 220 East Colorado Avenue.
When to go
The gallery is seasonal. It's open from mid-May to mid-October and from Thanksgiving to the beginning of April, so it reopens for winter around Thanksgiving, which is November 26 in 2026. Daily hours aren't posted, so call before you make a special trip.
Good to know
Much of the collection can be browsed and bought on the website. The shop says it has many more pieces than it shows online, so call if you're looking for something specific.
Price
The website doesn't list an admission price. Pieces are priced individually.
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