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 prefer to work with objects from the Southwest but are […]
Ati Maier discusses her video work in the exhibition Contact: Local to Global with Merry Scully, Head of Curatorial Affairs for the New Mexico Museum of Art. People to People is an informal series of talks and creative interventions that allow for more intimate exchanges with creative themes and artwork on view at the New Mexico […]
Applying museum practices to your personal art collections and family heirlooms can be a great tool for documenting these special objects. Join the Collections team to discuss the different ways in which to document your collection.
Join us on Saturday, February 24 for a day of making beads with Cannupa Hanska Luger. Drop in and make a few beads to represent a handful of indigenous individuals lost to violence. For the most complete information - including video - on Luger’s proejct, visit http://www.cannupahanska.com/mmiwqtbeadproject Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Queer and Trans […]
Join us for a counterculture encore. Benjamin Klein shares the development of his project gathering and documenting the 80 known photographs by his late uncle Irwin Klein taken across northern New Mexico in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Pick up a copy of the University of Nebraska Press publication from our bookstore following the […]
Dr. Nancy Owen Lewis, scholar in residence at the School for Advanced Research (SAR), will discuss Edgar Lee Hewett’s role in establishing the Southwest Indian Fair and the artists’ relationship with Hewett. Archaeologist Edgar Lee Hewett had a profound impact on art as it developed in New Mexico and beyond. During the early 1900s, he established a […]
In late 1990, a group of young students (of which Cristian was one) met the Andean world through Amador Soto, a missionary who served humble Aymara communities in the valleys, Andean foothills and highlands of Arica and Parinacota. These fortuitous meetings led to the idea for partnering with small, isolated communities to preserve the heritage […]
Dr. Tom Chávez is a historian with an exceptional career in lecturing and writing about the history of New Mexico. A gifted speaker, Dr. Chávez has captivated audiences for years with his interesting and well-researched interpretations of New Mexico history. The highlight for this presentation is "Fray Angelico Chávez vs. Willa Cather: Between Truth and […]
On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, and beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz. This is a great opportunity for friends to hang out, a unique date night option, or a place to come solo and connect with […]
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 […]
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