• Arts Alive! July 25 & 27 FREE hands-on Workshops for ages 3 to 103

    Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Tuesday & Thursday July 25 & 27- Make notched paper frames with James Holmes, presented in conjunction with the exhibition No Idle Hands: The Myths and Meanings of Tramp Art. Children must be accompanied by an adult.  Groups of six or more, please call Patricia at 505.476.1212 to guarantee free museum admission.  

  • Flamenco En Vivo Live Guitar in the Gallery

    Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Join Luis Campos for Flamenco guitar in the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico.  By Museum admission, New Mexico resident seniours (age 60 & up) FREE every Wednesday.  Youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation Members always free!

  • Archaeology Lecture with Chris Crews Hunter-Gatherers of North-Central New Mexico

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    This lecture will cover research into the hunter-gatherers who occupied the Piedra Lumbre Valley, Rio Arriba County. Three sites on Ghost Ranch property that have occupation spanning 6,500 BCE to historic times will be discussed and compared. Stone tools and animal remains tell about the hunting techniques used which differ by site. Botanical, charcoal, and […]

  • Arts Alive August 1 & 3 FREE hands-on Workshops for ages 3 to 103

    Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Tuesday & Thursday August 1 & 3 Quilting and fabric collage project presented in conjunction with the exhibition Quilts from Southwest China.  Groups of six or more, please call Patricia 505.476.1212 to guarantee free museum admission.

  • Brainpower & Brownbags The Swastika in New Mexico Culture and History

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Long before a detested dictator commandeered the swastika as a symbol of hate and war, the ancient image had special meaning as a symbol of harmony in many cultures, including among Native Americans in New Mexico. This presentation will review the swastika’s meaning in Native American culture, including its use in arts and crafts, and as the […]

  • Flamenco En Vivo Live Guitar in the Gallery

    Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Jaime Martinez performs Flamenco guitar in the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico.  By museum admission, New Mexico resident Seniors (age 60 & up) admitted free every Wednesday; youth 16 and under and Museum of New Mexico Foundation Members always free.

  • Old Lincoln Days

    Lincoln Historic Site 988 Calle La Placita, Lincoln, NM, United States

    Join us for Old Lincoln Days 2017! The weekend will be filled with a variety of activities highlighting Lincoln’s unique and storied past.  Food, vendors, living history reenactments, children’s activities, and of course the country’s oldest running Western Pageant "The Last Escape of Billy the Kid." Stay tuned to the event page for updates on […]

  • Breakfast with the Curators with C. L. Kieffer at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Enjoy breakfast on-site at the CNMA (7 Old Cochiti Road) followed by a pointed discussion about arrowheads with archaeological research collections manager C. L. Kieffer. Then, explore MIAC’s collection of projectile points. Meet the minds behind the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s newest exhibitions with this popular summer series that combines breakfast with talks […]

  • Pop Up Shop in conjection with the Quilts of Southwest China

    Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    From the stunning colletion of Vichai & Lee Chinalai, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation Shops present a special selection of Chinese textiles layered with meaning.  Vichai and Lee Chinalai have passionately collected antiques, textiles and treasures throughout Asia since the 1970’s. They are especially intrigued by functional and spiritual artifacts from Kampuchea, Laos, Myanmar, […]

  • August 4 – $5 First Friday Focus on The Great American Eclipse

    (Albuquerque, NM) --- On August 4, get ready for The Great American Eclipse at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) during $5 First Friday. On Monday, August 21, an eclipse of the sun can be seen across the entire United States. For most of the country, including New Mexico, the eclipse […]

  • Archaeology Lecture with Leon Natker Chupadero Black-on-White: Communities of Practice, Kinship, and the Chacoan Zeitgest

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    The transmission of knowledge, and how it implicates the structure of a society and individual agency, has been a focus of recent social science research. In archaeology, the use of practice theory, to reconstruct the communities of practice which created the material culture of the prehistoric societies being studied, has become a means of investigating […]

  • Sunday Fun Day for Families

    New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Enjoy Scavenger hunt with prizes, fun interactive drawing activities designed for all ages while exploring the Museum’s summer exhibitions. Art materials provided by museum. Children must be chaperoned by adult.  Included with cost of Museum Admission. 16 and under are always free