Enjoy private, behind-the-scenes tours of the exhibitions and collections with museum directors and curators. Location: Governor's Gallery, 4th Floor, New Mexico State Capitol.Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!
Meet New Mexico artists David Forlano, Jane Lackey, Ted Larsen and Linda Swanson as they each share the spot light to discuss their work and installations. Part of the museum's new Alcove 12.1 exhibition, the first in a year-long series.Free Friday Evening, April 13, 2012 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Richard Ford will lead strenuous hikes (about four miles total) to three areas of rock art west of the Taos Junction Bridge near Pilar. The petroglyphs are unusual for the Rio Grande Valley and are dominated by Plains-style images. The trip fee is $65 per person for FOA members; $75 for non-FOA members. To […]
Rangers will lead a hike up Oak Canyon (a.k.a. Church Canyon). This is a strenuous hike over rough terrain (approximately 1.5 miles)—hikers should bring water, sturdy shoes, sunscreen and a sack lunch. Rangers will do their best to identify the species of flora and fauna encountered.
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 guides. […]
This Circles lunch and lecture will feature a talk by New Mexico History Museum Librarian, Tomas Jaehn, on the winding road that both delayed and propelled New Mexico toward statehood. A long sought goal that took more than 60 years to achieve. Not a New Mexico Museum Foundation Circle member? Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. […]
Join Noel Pugach for "Understanding William Howard Taft: The President Who Approved New Mexico's Statehood," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.Pugach is a professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico. He has taught on […]
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. […]
Bea Duran, from Tesuque Pueblo, will join us for a program sharing her wide range of traditional skills. Setting out to preserve the past, Bea has mastered weaving, embroidery, pottery and drum making, as well as being an important teacher in her community. Listen to her stories of life as a Pueblo woman and begin to […]
Avanyu Trail Day: In honor of Earth Day. Walk our Avanyu Heritage Trail. Trail booklets available at the front desk for self-guided tours. The Avanyu Heritage Trail is Museum Hill’s permanent outdoor exhibit about the Native people and the environment of the Southwest. Designed to acquaint visitors with some of the creative ways Native people adapted […]
Lois Rudnick is a cultural historian and author of Mabel Dodge Luhan: New Women, New Worlds. Barbara Harrelson is an author and tour leader whose book Walks in Literary Santa Fe: A Guide to Landmarks, Legends and Lore traces the lives of such writers as Witter Bynner, Willa Cather, and Oliver LaFarge.Admission $15. Reserve online […]
In honor of Earth Day, Coronado State Monument will conduct a general spring cleaning of the site. The focus will be on clearing away accumulations of tumbleweeds, dead brush and other plant debris. The debris removal and disposal will once again be sponsored by Waste Management Inc. of Albuquerque with a dumpster on site. Monument […]
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