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 […]
Chinese quilts have received little attention from scholars, collectors, or museums. The examples featured here offer an introduction based on new research by a bi-national consortium of American and Chinese museums, including participation by the Museum of International Folk Art. Embodying layers of history, identity, and expertise, these quilts reveal new insights into the contemporary […]
The Day of Celebration with the 3HO Sikhs, Sunday, July 9th, 1:00PM – 5:00 PM on historic Santa Fe Plaza. 1:00 Opening Ceremony 1:15 Kundalini Yoga Class with live music 2:00 & 4:00 Children’s play area- Story Yoga at face-painting & other child-friendly activities 4:00PM Bhangra Folk Dance Performance & Interactive Class 4:40PM Finale & […]
Construction of an iconic beehive-shaped mud oven horno will commence over two upcoming weeks in July at the New Mexico History Museum in the courtyard of the Palace of the Governors. Construction will take place Wednesday & Thursday, July 12 & 13, and Tuesday & Wednesday, July 18 & 19. The working horno will be built by […]
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