The Mesa Verde Association (MVA) operates the park stores at the Mesa Verde National Park Visitor Center and Museum, as well as an online store. All of the retail items carried by MVA go through a rigorous review process with Mesa Verde National Park to ensure they directly support the park’s interpretive themes, visitor information and orientation needs, as well as the values of the National Park Service. A portion of the income from sales provides direct aid to Mesa Verde National Park to support interpretation, education, tribal engagement, and research programs in the park.
The Review Process
All merchandise sold in MVA stores is approved in writing by Mesa Verde National Park’s Chief of Interpretation& Visitor Services. Products are evaluated based on appropriateness, park themes, cultural sensitivity, interpretive value, accuracy, price points, and quality. All products in MVA stores should further interpret the significance of Mesa Verde National Park and its resources, or reinforce interpretive or educational messages, or stimulate further intellectual exploration of ideas and messages relevant to the park’s interpretive stories. Sales items should not encourage or depict inappropriate activities in National Parks, or direct visitors to protected resources and cultural sites under the Archeological Resources Protection Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or similar statutes.
Primary Interpretive Themes and Visitor Services Topics:
• Interaction between the Ancestral Pueblo People and the Environment
• Establishment of Mesa Verde National Park and World Heritage Designation
• A living link between past and present ways of life
• Natural landscapes, systems, and processes
• Archeology
• Visitor orientation and safety
Submitting Your Product for Review
Please send a sample of your product along with ordering information, pricing, minimums to the address below, or digitally to info@mesaverde.org. You will be notified once your product has completed the review process.
Mesa Verde Association
Product Reviews
34840 Hwy 160
Mancos, CO 81328
34840 Hwy 160
Mancos, CO 81328
*If you would like your sample item returned to you please include a return shipping label.