• Circles Trip: Dallas/Ft. Worth Circles Member Event

    Museum of New Mexico 725 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Executive Director, John Easley, shares the best museums and private art collections in the vibrant arts scene of Dallas and Fort Worth.  Contact Laura Waller for further information or to join The Circles, (505) 982-6366, ext. 116.

  • Historical Downtown Walking Tours Monday thru Saturday, October 8-13, 2012

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    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 […]

  • Ritualized Naming of the Landscape through Photography The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    John Carter, a curator and historian with the Nebraska State Historical Society speaks on “Ritualized Naming of the Landscape through Photography,” at 2 pm on Sunday, Oct. 14, in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. The lecture is free with admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.Download a high-resolution image of Carter and images from […]

  • New Mexico and its Rough Riders A Centennial Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Join Paul Hutton for "The Volunteers of the Spanish American War: New Mexico and its Rough Riders," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.Hutton is a history professor at the University of New Mexico and offers film classes […]

  • Let’s Take A Look Curators Look at Your Treasures

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    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. […]

  • Exploring the Ledger Art of Avis Charley Friends of Indian Art Event

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    To close our 2012 season, we have Avis Charley, an accomplished ledger artist of Dakota heritage from the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota, and Navajo from the Naakai Dine’ clan in New Mexico.  Avis will speak of being an “Urban Indian” who went to live on her parents’ respective reservations as an adult.  Join […]

  • Mexico City Friends of Archaeology Event

    Office of Archaeological Studies 7 Old Cochiti Road (off 599), Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Details to be announced.  Stayed tuned!Not a Museum or Friends of Archaeology member?  Please call 505-982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!

  • A Day on the Ranch Palace Guard Event

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    This day trip will include visits to two working New Mexico ranches, both of which are on the National Register. One has a showcase historic hacienda of nineteen preserved and beautifully maintained rooms. We will lunch on the hacienda’s portal and view the confluence of the Pecos and Gallinas rivers, where the Navajos on the […]

  • Fiesta of Cultures Free event! Fun for all ages!

    Coronado Historic Site 485 Kuaua Road, Bernalillo, NM, United States

    ¡Viva la Fiesta!  Enjoy panoramic views of the Rio Grande, the Bosque and the Sandia Mountains during Fiesta of Cultures, a celebration of local New Mexican traditions including Pueblo, Hispanic and Anglo.  Event will feature fine artists and craftspeople, Native and old-world lifeways demonstrations, pottery firing, Spanish dancers, Mariachi band, living history, and art activities […]

  • Dia de Muertos Baking Program A Day of the Dead Activity

    Fort Selden Historic Site 1280 Fort Selden Road, Radium Springs, NM, United States

    Bake pan de muerto, a traditional Day of the Dead bread, in a period wood cook stove and an adobe horno.  Visitors are welcome to join in the making and baking of these classic loaves, which they can then take home and share with friends and family.  All supplies will be furnished. 

  • Calligraphy workshop: A Contemporary Book of Hours

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Well-known artist and calligrapher Carol Pallesen of Reno, Nevada, offers a class on creating and binding a modern version of a Book of Hours, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 26-28.  Our contemporary book of hours will contain words closet to our hearts: inspirational words we will want to read and ponder daily. In this workshop we will decorate […]

  • Lisa Gill poetry reading and film screening The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Join poet Lisa Gill for readings from her book Red as a Lotus: Letters to a Dead Trappist, interspersed with portions of the film, Compassion Rising, an outgrowth of the 1968 meeting between the Dalai Lama and Thomas Merton. The event, part of the programming series for the exhibits Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s […]