Public opening for Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art from noon to 2 p.m., on Saturday, May 15. Sole Mates:Cowboy Boot and Art celebrates images of the West and views cowboy boots as important symbols of western life. The exhibition presents more than 130 examples of contemporary and historic art, including paintings, drawings, postcards, advertisements, […]
Historians, artists and scholars will offer their thoughts on various aspects of the santero’s craft May 14-16 at a special symposium, “New Mexico’s Devotional Art: An Amalgam of Ethnicity, Artistic and Cultural Traditions.” The lectures are free with museum admission; see the schedule of speakers below. The symposium builds on Tesoros de Devoción, a long-term […]
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 unidentified treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They prefer to work with objects from the Southwest but […]
David Witt, co-curator of the New Mexico History Museum special exhibition Wild at Heart, speaks on "How the Wolves of Union County Transformed Ernest THompson Seton (and America)." This event is free and open to the public. The lecture series is usually held at the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library, 120 Washington Ave.; for large […]
Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler and research neuroscientist James F. Pagel will present new ideas in science and technology in the telling of a story. The event is in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. Seating is free, first come, first served. The event is sponsored by Milagro at Los Luceros.“For the filmmaker, ‘story’ describes […]
This 2-hour walking tour of downtown Santa Fe highlights the art, architecture and history of our nation’s oldest state capital city. Knowledgeable, friendly docents from the New Mexico Museum of Art will lead this special tour of the downtown area. $10.00 per adult, children 18 and under are FREE. (all proceeds support the education programs […]
Friday, May 21, Saturday May 22, and Sunday, May 23 6th Annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival A unique, museum quality Indian art show and sale featuring over 180 artists—classic to contemporary, emerging to established—at the Santa Fe Convention Center at the corner of Marcy and Grant. Sales proceeds directly support the artists and […]
Friday, May 21, Saturday May 22, and Sunday, May 23 6th Annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival A unique, museum quality Indian art show and sale featuring over 180 artists—classic to contemporary, emerging to established—at the Santa Fe Convention Center at the corner of Marcy and Grant. Sales proceeds directly support the artists and […]
The New Mexico History Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time on May 23, 2009. Help us mark the first anniversary of that historic event on Saturday and Sunday with free admission, special events and the opening of the new exhibit, Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton. SATURDAY, MAY 2210 am […]
Friday, May 21, Saturday May 22, and Sunday, May 23 6th Annual Native Treasures: Indian Arts Festival A unique, museum quality Indian art show and sale featuring over 180 artists—classic to contemporary, emerging to established—at the Santa Fe Convention Center at the corner of Marcy and Grant. Sales proceeds directly support the artists and […]
The New Mexico History Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time on May 23, 2009. Help us mark the first anniversary of that historic event on Saturday and Sunday with free admission, special events and the opening of the new exhibit, Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton. SATURDAY, MAY 2210 am […]
All State museums and monuments are closed due to state mandated furlough. Museums will return to our regular hours, museum hours, on Saturday May 28, please visit us then.
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