Starting Nov. 1 through April, the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors will be closed on Mondays, but open 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday. In addition, Free Friday Evenings, 5 to 8 pm, will change from every Friday to only the first Friday of each month. Summer hours resume May 1, […]
Celebrate day of the Dead/Dia de Muertos at the Museum of International Folk Art. Decorate Sugar skulls, make picture frames (bring a photo of a loved one who has passed away), sample pan de muerto, enjoy live music by Las Flores del Valle, and a dance performance by Los Ninos de Santa Fe, calaca(skeleton) face […]
Celebrate the American Modern art movement and hear the stories of how artists discovered New Mexico as related to the works on view in O’Keeffe in Process and An American Modernism in a conversation with Museum curators Kate Ware and Carmen Vendelin.
Find out what the Palace Guard is all about at this annual reception. Museum curators share their favorite stories and artifacts and give a special peek at what goes on behind-the-scenes of a world-class museum. Reservations: (505) 982-7799, ext. 4.
Get a crafty start on the holidays. The Palace Press and the Santa Fe Book Arts Group are cleaning out their studios -- and you profit. Come to the multi-vendor flea market on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 am to 2 pm in the Meem Community Room. Purchase art and craft supplies, handmade books and […]
With casualties in the Civil War reaching unfathomable numbers equalling about 2.5 percent of the entire population, the ways that both sides of the war grappled with death and dying changed drastically. In Death in the Civil War, a PBS documentary, we learn how America dealt with large-scale deaths of unidentified people and the cultural […]
Judy Frater is the director of "Somalya Kala Vidya", a design school for indigenous artisans in Kutch, India. She will discuss the uniqueness of this school which was founded with the idea of local artisans, reflecting their own traditions, becoming the designers of products for the global market. A special selection of products from the […]
Panel discussion and Open conversation Between Two Worlds: A Transgender Perspective. Maintaining folk art as a catalyst, panelists will discuss their own perspectives and experiences as trans individuals, community leaders and advocates. The panel discussion will be followed by an open forum inviting audience participation. Admission is by museum admission: New Mexico residents with I.D. […]
During World War II, Santa Fe was the site of one of the nation’s largest Justice Department internment camps. It primarily housed Japanese immigrants, among them the Rev. Tamasaku Watanabe. On Sunday, November 15, at 2 pm, Watanabe’s granddaughter, Dr. Gail Okawa, speaks on a brain-twisting aspect of that heartbreaking period: Even as our government […]
Known as a folkloric art form that began among the Gypsy people of southern Spain, this exhibition traces Flamenco to its arrival in the U.S. and its rise as an international art form now enjoyed by millions. The exhibition features costumes, play bills, instruments, and paintings, complemented by lectures, workshops and performances. Tracing flamenco’s journey […]
Dale Rice speaks on “Taco Bell They Ain’t: Short Histories of TexMex, Mexican and New Mexican Cuisines”, part of the 2015 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors. A longtime journalist and communications lecturer at Texas A&M, Rice once worked as the […]
The staff of the New Mexico History Museum wishes you a happy Thanksgiving. We’ll be closed today, but open at 10 am on Friday, Nov. 27. See you then?
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