Challah Rising in the Desert celebrates the history and people of New Mexico’s unique Jewish community. In this new feature documentary, braided Challah bread represents five waves of settlement of New Mexico’s Jewish community including Conversos escaping the Spanish Inquisition 400 years ago, German Jewish pioneers of the Santa Fe Trail in the 1800s, scientists […]
Beginning Flamenco Dance 10am to 11am, Tuesday June 27 through and including Saturday July 1 Beginning Castanets (castanets provided for duration of the class) 11:15 to 12:15, Tuesday June 27 through and including Saturday July 1. All classes include Museum admission, the cost is $50 one class series (5 classes total); $80 for two-class series […]
Carmela Greco’s seasoned guitarist Anontio Gabarri Jimenez launches the Museum’s summer series of live Flamenco guitar in the gallery included with Museum admission. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico, in the Hispanic Heritage Wing through September 10, 2017. Photo of Flamenco En Vivo Guitarist Ronaldo Baca, Summer 2016.
Get ready to experience Asteroid Day for the first time at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. From 5:30 – 10 p.m. on Friday, June 30, learn about asteroids, NASA’s mission to the asteroid belt, and what there is to know about asteroid impacts on Earth. In the ViewSpace Theater, the museum […]
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
New Mexico residents admitted Free the first Sunday of each month.
Thousands of health seekers journeyed to New Mexico from 1880 to 1940, hoping its high and dry climate would heal their diseased lungs. This presentation describes the experience of these “lungers,” many of whom stayed to make remarkable contributions to their adopted home. Ultimately this movement helped transform a territory into a state and laid […]
Join Ronaldo Baca for Flamenco guitar in the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico
Activities planned for July 7 include an area and supplies for visitors to make their own musical instruments. Then, Albuquerque’s reigning Poet Laureate Manuel Gonzalez will conduct the Bosque Symphony with instruments hand-made by the musicians. Musical entertainment will be provided by Mad About Music, the advanced repertoire class and touring group for the UNM […]
Get an earful of music and an eyeful of art on Friday evenings all summer long. Music at the Museum presents the sounds of local musical talent, performed in the garden courtyard at the New Mexico Museum of Art. Included with cost of admission. Admission is free for NM Residents with ID after 5:00 pm.
Join the New Mexico History Museum every second Saturday of the month from June-February for a presentation and conversation-style gallery talk in conjunction with the current exhibit, Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest. Photographer, Lisa Law, shares her experiences documenting music and cultural icons of the era. With images ranging from music legends Janis Joplin […]
In southwest China, traditional bed coverings, clothing, and household items have long been made from patched and appliqued scraps to create artistic and functional textiles. A bi-national consortium of American and Chinese museums has worked together to document and research these quilts, an art form little known outside certain ethnic minority communities. Although the making and […]
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