Join historian Jon Hunner, interim director of the New Mexico History Museum, and curator Meredith Davidson for an exclusive workshop on gathering and archiving oral histories. This free, introductory course will be offered twice, from 10 am to noon on Wednesday, July 23, in the Meem Community Room. The class will be repeated from 1 […]
The New Mexico Museum of Art presents Alcove Shows 1917 – 1927 featuring sixty-one art works by twenty-four artists in the museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition is on view Aug 8, 2014 through Feb 23, 2015 with the opening reception on Thu, Aug 28, 2014 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. (Please note the day change as the […]
Opening on August 28 is the second suite of exhibitions in the series Focus on Photography: Delilah Montoya: Syncretism Cameraless, a group show of photographic prints made without using a camera Photo Lab, an evolving interactive space exploring photographic processes and ideas, featuring photography from the collection made with historic processes and mixed media The exhibition […]
The New Mexico Museum of Art presents Alcove Shows 1917 – 1927 featuring sixty-one art works by twenty-four artists in the museum’s permanent collection. During the museum’s first decade there were approximately three hundred exhibitions in the museum’s alcoves. Alcove Shows 1917 – 1927 reflects as much as possible the first decade of alcove exhibitions, including artists Ernest […]
Celebrate the latest in the “Focus on Photography” series. The museum presents a fresh trio of exhibitions, including a solo show of work by Delilah Montoya, an intriguing group of photographs made without film or lenses, and a variety of non-traditional photographs in the popular resource room, the Photo Lab. Music by Chase Morrison and Melanie Monsour (cello and keyboard). Refreshment’s […]
In honor of the Santa Fe Fiestas and tonight’s burning of Zozobra, we’ll close the museum at 5 pm. Join us next week for Free Friday Night, 5-8 pm.
Looking for an addition to the family? The museum’s East Sculpture Garden will be the location for this special cat adoption event sponsored by Santa Fe Animal Shelter. Come meet cats and kittens in need of loving homes.
Inspired by Judy Chicago’s Kitty City project and ceramic sculptures, workshop participants will create a mixed –media project to honor their favorite animals. Immediately before a special cat adoption event at the museum. Space is limited for the three Art Making Workshops. Pre-registration will save you a place. Email your names, phone number, and workshop […]
Lincoln Historic Site, Old Lincoln Town, and Friends of Historic Lincoln present Music in the Park, a free summer concert series at the public park in historic Lincoln, NM. The series’ final installment will take place on Saturday, August 30th and features Mike Moutoux, cowboy poet and musician, from 2-4pm. Mike is a cowboy-singer-songwriter […]
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 […]
Begun in 1609, the Palace of the Governors remains the nation’s oldest continuously occupied government building. But before and especially after the 1680 Pueblo Revolt and 1693 Reconquest, one of the most common complaints found in early descriptions of it came down to four important words: “In need of repair.” Over and over, the phrase […]
From 1839 into the 1860s, people held their loved ones’ images as daguerreotypes or ambrotypes tucked into hinged cases. The cases protected the images from exposure to the ravages of air—but that also bars them from public display. Toxic to produce, they are increasingly difficult to find, but the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives […]
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