Self-Guided Trail: Aztec Ruins provides visitors an intimate opportunity to explore the Ancestral Puebloan "great house" known as West Ruin. A self-guided 700 yard walk winds through rooms built centuries ago. Along the way discover skillful stone masonry, remarkably well-preserved wood roofing and original mortar in some walls.  The interpretive trail guide combines modern archeological findings with traditional Native American perspectives to enhance the visitor experience. Near the trail's end, visitors enter the Great Kiva. This awesome semi-subterranean structure, over 40 feet in diameter, was the central social and religious site of this ancient complex.  Now reconstructed, Aztec Ruins' Great Kiva is the oldest and largest reconstructed building of its kind.

Interpretive Programs: Rangers offer interpretive talks throughout the year at scheduled times. Other activities include scholarly lectures and demonstrations of traditional American Indian crafts. The times and locations of these programs are posted about a month in advance on the schedule of events.

Visitor Center: The museum features a variety of ancient artifacts excavated at or related to Aztec Ruins. Throughout the day a 25 minute video, Ancestral Puebloans, reveals the pre-Columbian history of the Four Corners region.