Frontier Day
Take a trip back in time and honor the civilians and soldiers who lived at the fort and protected local residents. X
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Fort Selden Historic Site 1280 Fort Selden Road, Radium Springs, NM, United States
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Harvest Festival on Museum Hill with MOIFA
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States12:00–1:00 pm · Talk by Stanley Crawford, Author & Farmer on The Farming Life 1:00–4:00 pm · Food, Vendors, Hands-on Projects, and Fun for the Entire Family, Music by Mariachi Buenaventura and El Camino de Paz Marimba Ensemble Free on Milner plaza on the Hill
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Worshipful Feathers Friends of Coronado Lecture Series
Coronado Historic Site 485 Kuaua Road, Bernalillo, NM, United StatesFriends of Coronado Lecture Series Speakers: Scott Smith - Worshipful Feathers, Discussion of the Role of Birds in Pueblo Religious Life Lecture is held at 2:00 pm at Coronado Historic Site. Lectures are free for Friends organization members and $5 for guests. Come early because seating is limited, and per the Fire Marshal no one […]
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Let’s Take A Look Curators Look at Your Treasures
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesThe third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They […]
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Constructing the Land of Enchantment: The Writings and Patronage of Henderson, Dodge Luhan, and Austin A Brainpower and Brownbags Lecture
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesExperts on the early history of baseball, Mable Dodge Luhan, Edith Warner, and hippies will participate in the second half of the 2013 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, the lectures are free and open to the public (and, yes, you can bring a lunch). […]
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Friends of Archaeology Pot Creek and Philmont Boy Scout Ranch
Office of Archaeological Studies 7 Old Cochiti Road (off 599), Santa Fe, NM, United StatesFriends of Archaeology members are invited to visit both Pot Creek Pueblo and Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. Pot Creek Pueblo is one of the largest prehistoric adobe sites in northern New Mexico, while Philmont Boy Scout Ranch is well-known as a scouting destination, but its historical and archaeological sites are not. Cost pending; make reservations […]
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Celebrating Collections
New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesThree exhibitions opening at the New Mexico Museum of Art on Friday, September 20, 2013 examine the intent behind collecting art – from the perspectives of the museum and the private collector. Organized by three of the museum’s curators those exhibitions are: Collecting Is Curiosity/Inquiry, Laura Addison, Curator of Contemporary Art A Life in Pictures: […]
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Cowboy Movie Night: John Wayne and Robert Nott
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesAs part of the exhibit Cowboys Real and Imagined, join film critic and Santa Fe New Mexican journalist Robert Nott for a discussion and showing of John Wayne's The Cowboys at 5:30 pm on Friday Sept. 20, in the History Museum Auditorium. A free event. Filmed at various locations in New Mexico and elsewhere, The […]
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Chávez History Library Book Sale
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesTime to buy more bookshelves. The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library’s occasional book sale is back. Come to the Meem Community Room on the New Mexico History Museum’s Washington Avenue side between 9 am and 4 pm on Saturday, Sept. 21, to score bargains on books about Western Americana, political science, the nuclear age, a […]
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From Vaqueros to Rancheros: Hispanic Heritage on the Range A Cowboys Real and Imagined event
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesNew Mexico and the American West would know nothing of cowboys if it weren’t for the Spanish vaqueros who brought the first horses, sheep and cattle to the “new” world. Their equestrian techniques, clothing, boots, tools and tack can be seen today in canyons, plains, and backyard corrals. But will a ranching tradition that has […]
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8th Annual Palace Gem & Mineral Show
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesFormed as water flows around rocks in sunny, desert lands, turquoise has come to symbolize both water and sky, here and around the world. From Cerrillos to China to the Middle East, the people who found it, mined it, polished it and wore it believed it empowered them with the promise of safety, health and […]
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Palace Guard The Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historical Site
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesJoin the Palace Guard for a day trip to the memorial site of the 1863-68 internment of more than 10,000 Navajo and Mescalero Apache prisoners. The tour will epxlore the policies leading to the establishment of the Bosque Redondo Reservation and provide insights into what the memorial means today to Navajo and Mescalero Apaches, and […]