Free Admission!Long before Don Juan de Oñate made his famous trek in 1598, Native Americans traveled the trade route that became known as the El Camino Real de Tierra Aldentro exchanging items with the people living along the Rio Grande and further south.Join us as we celebrate the rich history and culture of New Mexico’s […]
In August 1940, talk of war swirled around Camp Luna near Las Vegas, N.M. The 1,800 men of New Mexico’s 200th Coast Artillery Regiment gathered there to train one last time on home soil before heading to the Philippines. A photographer was there, capturing images of youth and dedication, young men unaware of the ordeals […]
Dan Simplicio, a descendent of the famed Zuni jewelry artist of the same name and a noted scholar, will speak about Zuni traditions for using turquoise. This lecture is free with museum admission.
A preservation project in the Palace Courtyard has caused us to cancel this year’s gem show. We plan to return to our regular, annual event in 2015. Build your collection with authentic gems and minerals offered by miners, traders and jewelers in the shady Palace Courtyard. Learn more about geodes, fossils, opals, turquoise and more. […]
Learn from leading scholars on Spanish colonial devotional art, listen to Renaissance music and take a peek into La Conquistadora’s closet during the Painting the Divine Symposium: Mary in the New World. This free event, organized by Josef Díaz, co-curator of the exhibit, Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World, takes place […]
Santa Fe Community College and the New Mexico History Museum are bringing a national program for veterans to Santa Fe. Using the Great Books Foundation’s “Talking Service” program, the free four-week reading and discussion group uses literature to help veterans talk about their service and their experiences coming home. After Action: Talking Service for Veterans […]
Enjoy an afternoon celebrating the drums of many peoples. See and hear Japanese style Taiko Drummers, the acrobatic Lion Dance of Asia, a fife and drum corps, and more. All interspersed with Native drums and drummers celebrating the drum and the museum’s exhibition Heartbeat: Music of the Native Southwest. Performance Schedule (subject to change): 11:00 […]
Ever wonder why there’s an obelisk in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza? Have you noticed the gargoyles on top of the Catron Building? Where was the gambling hall? Which tucked-away building held a Manhattan Project secret? Find out by taking a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors […]
Legacy and Founders Society members are invited to attend a number of tours and talks featuring curators, librarians and registrars from the Museum of International Folk Art and Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, followed by a cocktail reception in the Museum of International Folk Art’s atrium. Reservation is required by Friday, September 26 to laura@museumfoundation […]
Less than a decade after he helped craft the weapons that helped bring an end to World War II, Robert Oppenheimer was stripped of his top security clearance. In a public display played out in the nation’s newspapers, he was removed as even an advisor to the Atomic Energy Commission. Learn more about “Oppie’s” fall […]
Douglas Magnus, jewelry artist and owner of the Tiffany and Castilian Mines, among others in the Cerrillos District, will lead a tour of his mines. The tour is limited to twelve people. Tickets and information can be obtained at the Museum Gift Shop. (505-982-5057) PLEASE NOTE THAT EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Hear the Albuquerque Baroque Players perform in the History Museum auditorium, featuring 17th- and 18th-century chamber music from Italy, Germany and France. Performing: MaryAnn Shore (oboe and recorder), Mary Bruesch (viola da gamba) and Susan Patrick (harpsichord). The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents. Children 16 and under free daily. The […]
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