Festival Ballet Albuquerque, with choreography by Patricia Dickinson Wells, and full live orchestra under the baton of Maestro Guillermo Figueroa, present The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment. This beloved holiday classic comes to life in the late 1800s in territorial New Mexico, with many surprises including Spanish and flamenco dancers, dancing southwestern snakes, […]
String theory isn’t always chaotic-come to our last program this year to create some exquisite geometric stars out of colored string and thread. They look complicated, but are easy and lots of fun to make. Experiment with different shapes and see what happens. Seating and materials limited. Free.
The book, entitled “Natural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Learn!” is full of expert tips on how to start, catalogue, care for and display your collections. Sections focus on: rocks and minerals; animal and bird tracks; seashells, fossils, insects, and plants. The book targets elementary through mid-school students. Each segment of Natural History Collector offers guidance […]
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 […]
Jill Momaday will be moderating N. Scott Momaday and Robert Redford in Earth Dialogues. All visitors must have tickets to be seated and all seats have been reserved at this time. N. Scott Momaday is a Kiowa novelist, essayist, poet, professor, and painter. His novel, House Made of Dawn, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for […]
Young Explorers Winter Day Camp on Thursday, December 21st from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm will allow young collectors to learn more about collecting and displays, get their complimentary book Natural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Learn! signed by author Michael Sanchez and see behind the scenes collections at the museum. “This book is how-to guide to creating […]
Bring your mat, your mind and your body for a free monthly third Thursday Kundalini yoga class in conjunction with Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. As was taught by Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology of developing harmony in body, mind and spirit through gentle yogic stretches, energizing breathing and calming meditation. […]
The New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors will be closing at 2:00pm on Sunday, December 24, 2017, along with all other NM State Museums in observance of the Christmas Eve Holiday. We will also be closed on Christmas Day
We will be closing at 2PM on Christmas Eve. We will reopen on Tuesday December 26 at 10AM.
On Sunday, December 24, Luminarias in Lincoln at the Lincoln Historic Site. The town will be adorned with luminarias. Santa Claus arrives on a longhorn steer. Hot chocolate will be served.
The Museum of International Folk Art will be closed Monday December 25, 2017
The New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors will be closed on Christmas Day in honor of the Christmas Holiday.
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