Two families, two continents, and the divided loyalties of the architect of the 1693 Spanish reconquest. State Historian Rick Hendricks delivers the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governor’s annual Fiesta Lecture at 6 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Palace Guard, a support group of the […]
Marla Allison and Pat Pruitt are two young artists who have made a significant impct on today’s Native American art scene. Their award-winning works are sought by museums, institutions and private collections worldwide. Their presentation will encompass Marla’s dynamic painting style and use of materials. Pat will focus on his masterful metal creations, and learn […]
Take a trip back in time and honor the civilians and soldiers who lived at the fort and protected local residents. X
12:00–1:00 pm · Talk by Stanley Crawford, Author & Farmer on The Farming Life 1:00–4:00 pm · Food, Vendors, Hands-on Projects, and Fun for the Entire Family, Music by Mariachi Buenaventura and El Camino de Paz Marimba Ensemble Free on Milner plaza on the Hill
Friends of Coronado Lecture Series Speakers: Scott Smith - Worshipful Feathers, Discussion of the Role of Birds in Pueblo Religious Life Lecture is held at 2:00 pm at Coronado Historic Site. Lectures are free for Friends organization members and $5 for guests. Come early because seating is limited, and per the Fire Marshal no one […]
The third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They […]
Experts on the early history of baseball, Mable Dodge Luhan, Edith Warner, and hippies will participate in the second half of the 2013 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, the lectures are free and open to the public (and, yes, you can bring a lunch). […]
Friends of Archaeology members are invited to visit both Pot Creek Pueblo and Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. Pot Creek Pueblo is one of the largest prehistoric adobe sites in northern New Mexico, while Philmont Boy Scout Ranch is well-known as a scouting destination, but its historical and archaeological sites are not. Cost pending; make reservations […]
Three exhibitions opening at the New Mexico Museum of Art on Friday, September 20, 2013 examine the intent behind collecting art – from the perspectives of the museum and the private collector. Organized by three of the museum’s curators those exhibitions are: Collecting Is Curiosity/Inquiry, Laura Addison, Curator of Contemporary Art A Life in Pictures: […]
As part of the exhibit Cowboys Real and Imagined, join film critic and Santa Fe New Mexican journalist Robert Nott for a discussion and showing of John Wayne's The Cowboys at 5:30 pm on Friday Sept. 20, in the History Museum Auditorium. A free event. Filmed at various locations in New Mexico and elsewhere, The […]
Time to buy more bookshelves. The Fray Angélico Chávez History Library’s occasional book sale is back. Come to the Meem Community Room on the New Mexico History Museum’s Washington Avenue side between 9 am and 4 pm on Saturday, Sept. 21, to score bargains on books about Western Americana, political science, the nuclear age, a […]
New Mexico and the American West would know nothing of cowboys if it weren’t for the Spanish vaqueros who brought the first horses, sheep and cattle to the “new” world. Their equestrian techniques, clothing, boots, tools and tack can be seen today in canyons, plains, and backyard corrals. But will a ranching tradition that has […]
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