Celebrate the change of seasons in beautiful southern New Mexico with music, regional cuisine, and museum exhibits at El Camino Real Historic Trail Site Beginning on Saturday, October 18, and again on Saturday, November 22, and on Saturday, December 13 will be a free concert series and festival of the Spanish guitar at El Camino […]
Join us on Saturday October 18, 2014, in the In the Kathryn O’Keefe Theatre for screenings of films by Jeffrey Palmer. Origins (18:26 mins.) Visually and sonically, "Origins" records the vastness of landscape as well as the intimacy of nostalgic memory. For centuries, Kiowa people traveled far distances, following herds of buffalo across the Great […]
From Merida to San Cristobal de las Casas, this excursion will visit several of the most famous Mayan cities: Palenque, Chichen Itza, Calakmul, and the murals of Bonampak. Museums, shopping and sharing experiences with local residents are also on the activity list. Organized by Rosa Carlson, and accompanied by OAS director emeritus, Tim Maxwell. Cost […]
Foundation members are invited to be first to see Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition at the Museum of International Folk Art. The exhibition features traditional stoneware from North Carolina and Georgia, characterized by earthy local clays, salt and ash glazes and surprising effects of wood firing. Crucial to agrarian life in the […]
Be first to see Pottery of the U.S. South: A Living Tradition, which showcases stoneware rooted in British and German traditions and is characterized by earthy local clays and surprising wood firing effects. Meet and mingle with Laura Addison, Curator of European & American Folk Art Collections, and co-curator Karen Duffy. First Looks are designed exclusively […]
From offering caregivers an hour of respite to discovering new wells of creativity, the acclaimed Alzheimer’s Poetry Project has spent the last decade developing techniques to reach people with memory illnesses through literature, performance, art and museum exhibits. Now you can learn these techniques from dynamic teachers with proven abilities to reach learners of all […]
Bring an empty coffee can, oatmeal box, potato chip can or shoebox (with lids). We’ll provide the rest to help you make your own camera obscura and see the world through a pinhole of light. A drop-in, family-friendly event suitable for all ages. Free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents.
Stephen Fried, author of the best-selling biography, Appetite for America, delivers a Brainpower & Brownbags Lunch Lecture on “Fred Harvey, the Hotel Castañeda, and the Future of the Past in Railroad New Mexico.” Fried is an expert on the legacy of Fred Harvey and his many Harvey Houses, including the soon-to-be-renovated Hotel Castañeda in Las Vegas, […]
Starting November 1, the New Mexico History Museum switches to its winter hours, meaning we will be closed on Mondays and observe Free Friday Evenings only on the first Friday of each month (rather than every week). Winter hours, November through April: 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday; Free Friday Evening, 5-8 pm, […]
Polly Chavez, newspaper columnist, santera, and descendent of early residents of Lincoln, will give two talks in Lincoln Historic Site’s Convento Museum on the cultural customs of Dia de los Muertos and explain the construction of the traditional altar (ofrenda) that is an important Dia de los Muertos custom. Children’s activities, live music, and altars […]
The public is cordially invited to join us in making the Community altar "Ofrenda" in the Outdoor classroom. Bring a picture or other memento you do not need back to add your loved one to the community altar. Enjoy music by Mariachi Buenaventura and refreshments. The FREE event is for all ages
Decorate Sugar skulls, make memory boxes/muertos nichos, enjoy live music and Aztec dance performance by Danza MeXiKa and sample pan de muerto. All by Museum admission, New Mexico residents FREE every Sunday.
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