Before radio and television, when making music at home was the evening’s entertainment and playing the piano was considered an essential talent among the middle class, sheet music was the music consumer’s gateway to the world.” The New Mexico History Museum celebrates this era with sheet music of popular songs about the State of New […]
Dos Gatos perform Blues for our First Friday Music at the Museum when the entire museum is open from 5-7PM. Included with the cost of admission.
Get a first look at the new exhibit The Land that Enchants Me So: Picturing Popular Songs of New Mexico. This exciting exhibition celebrates the Land of Enchantment through commercial popular songs of an earlier era as they live on in sheet music, period recordings, and other musical memorabilia, from the mid-19th century through the […]
Celebrating the 100 year history of the Museum, volunteer guides present 15 minute pop up talks prompting conversations about the architecture of the building and art in the collection. Included with the cost of museum admission. Museum Admission is free for NM residents with ID on the First Friday of the month after 5:00 pm
The Museum of International Folk Art presents a workshop for youth ages 10 to 18 years old. Create your own cigar box guitar under the guidance of master folk musician Cipriano Vigil, Enjoy two days of guitar-making and music, and leave with your own cigar box guitar. No experience required. The workshop will conclude Sunday […]
A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes. A visit to the museum is included in this artist led workshop, on the first Saturday of every month. We will meet in the Creative Classroom in the Pete V. Domenici Building. Please pre-register using the link HERE so we can prepare […]
Join authors Joseph P. Sánchez, Angélica Sánchez-Clark, and Steve Mandrgoc for a presentation of their book Historic Route 66: A New Mexican Crossroads, narrating the history of how New Mexico’s portion of Highway 66 came to be and the people who used it as a lifeline for medical purposes, food, commerce, and the transport of […]
Los Tres Reyes, founded in 1957 by classically trained guitarists and twin brothers Gilberto and Raul Puente, also includes lead vocalist Bebo Cárdenas. Los Tres Reyes are noted for their contributions to the development of the romantic music genre in Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s, as well as for their guitar virtuosity. Icons of […]
Join us for FREE SUNDAY (for NM residents) as Nora Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara) discusses her long journey from ceramics, to mixed media sculpture, to large scale paintings that make statements!
Lecture by Charles M. Carrillo, Artist and author Free Auditorium event Seating is limited/bottled water only please
Georgia O’Keeffe was only one of many women enchanted by the land and liberty afforded them in the American West. New Mexico in particular has a rich tradition of women painters, potters, sculptors, weavers, photographers, printmakers, multi-media artists and even patrons of the arts. The New Mexico Museum of Art Library and Archives is your […]
Please join us for a unique opportunity to spend an evening with Leroy Garcia at the Blue Rain Gallery in the new, expanded space in the Railyard. Leroy will give us an inside look at his background and his experiences owning one of Santa Fe’s premier art galleries. Following, there will be a tour of […]
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