With the passing of the 150th commemoration of the signing of the Navajo Treaty of 1868, many questions have arisen regarding the future direction of Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial. But before discussing the future, it is necessary to visit the past. This talk will briefly discuss the history of Fort Sumner, the Navajo Treaty of […]
Our popular Pueblo Pottery series continues with Angie Yazzie from Taos Pueblo. Here’s a fantastic site to explore Angie’s work: https://www.eyesofthepot.com/taos/angie_yazzie Don’t forget, Wednesdays are free admission for NM Seniors!
New Mexican Railroad Celebration Timeline 5:00pm Lite pre-reception 6:00- Auditorium Event Begins Welcome:Melanie LaBorwit, NMHM Educator Brief remarks by: Jim Terhune, Railroad Celebration Event Organizer Peter Ives, Mayor Pro Tem Rick Hendricks, New Mexico State Historian Fred Friedman, New Mexico Railroad Historian Main Speakers: Ed Pulsifer, Manager La Fonda Hotel Christene Aldeis, Country’s first locomotive […]
WHAT: Dig Giusewa. WHERE: Jemez Historic Site, 18160 Hwy 4, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. WHEN: Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday between August 16 and October 6, 9AM – 3PM. DESCRIPTION: Explore the ruins of Giusewa Pueblo with archaeologists from New Mexico Historic Sites and Native American tribal members from Jemez Pueblo. Watch as they […]
During the golden age of penmanship (1860 - 1930), before the typewriter, becoming a Master Penman was the path to a successful career and high regard of friends and colleagues. Businesses required competent penmen for purposes of managing records, writing policies and executing certificates and many continued their craft by teaching penmanship throughout the country. […]
Curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology gather in lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. They attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They prefer to work with objects from the Southwest but are willing to take a look at […]
Ray Sandoval, event organizer for the annual burning of Zozobra, will discuss the infamous marionette effigy created by artists Will Shuster and Gustave Baumann. Free with cost of admission. New Mexico residents 60 and older are admitted free on Wednesdays with ID.
In 1936 Leonard Atkison purchased the Nava-Hopi Indian Store in Boulder City, Nevada, where he sold both Navajo and Curio jewelry. His daughter, Cynthia Hale, would go on to work in museums, and his grandson, Scott Hale, in academia, both in Native arts. Together in 1999, they created Native American Art Appraisals, Inc., Cynthia and […]
WHAT: Dig Giusewa. WHERE: Jemez Historic Site, 18160 Hwy 4, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. WHEN: Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday between August 16 and October 6, 9AM – 3PM. DESCRIPTION: Explore the ruins of Giusewa Pueblo with archaeologists from New Mexico Historic Sites and Native American tribal members from Jemez Pueblo. Watch as they […]
FREE for Museum staff, volunteers, and all visitors to the Museum that day... • Experience Pluto in a full-dome video with commentary by the mission scientists onsite... • This is a new product that the palooza folks are trying out...please come and help them review it... • This will also be a […]
Celebrating the life and work of Gustave Baumann. The Museum of Art’s Curator of 20th Century Art, Christian Waguespack and Collections Manager, Erica Prater will share stories and provide access to a varied selection of pieces created by Gustave Baumann.
On July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto and its moons at 31,000 miles per hour. That day some 1.7 billion mentions of New Horizons sped across the Internet and social media, evidence of worldwide interest in this first mission to the last planet of the classical solar system. Now, the epic […]
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