• Spring Forward

    New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

     Free Friday Evening 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.Art, Music, Conversation and RefreshmentsJoin us as we celebate the opening of four new exhibitions: Treasures Seldom Seen, Repeat After Me, Waterscapes and Alcove 12.1.  These shows cover a range of media, time periods and styles, reflecting the wonderful variety of artmaking in New Mexico over the last 100 […]

  • They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets Members Preview

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

    See the most anticipated museum exhibition before it opens to the public.Not a Museum of New Mexico Foundation member?  Please call (505) 982-6366, ext. 100 or click JOIN!

  • Walking Stick Workshop Adult activity

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

    Make your own yucca, walking stick in this workshop for adults.  Cost includes yucca sticks and decorative supplies.  Sessions at 10 am & 1 pm.  RSVP: 505-867-5351Cost: $20/adult (cash or check please).For information: 505-867.5351, www.nmmonuments.org. 

  • They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets On view March 25 through August 18, 2013

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

    They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on March 25, 2012 (on long-term view). The exhibition highlights both the textile-weaving proficiency of Diné weavers who produced complex saddle blankets for all occasions and the design skills of Diné silversmiths who created dazzling headstalls of silver and turquoise.The […]

  • They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets Exhibit Opening

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

    Exhibit Opening 1 to 4 PM. They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets Highlighting the Diné weavers who produced complex saddle blankets and the design skills of Diné silversmiths who created dazzling headstalls of silver and turquoise.1- 1:30pm Opening performance by Diné Tah Dancers1:30–4pm Diné Weaving demonstration by Gilbert Begay 2pm “Diné Horse Blankets” lecture […]

  • Endangered Texts: Preserving Ancient Books The Saint John’s Bible and Contemplative Landscape

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

    Paper, vellum and ink weren’t made to last forever, and the ravages of time threaten to turn ancient religious texts into scraps and dust. The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John’s University in Minnesota is stopping the clock for thousands of such works using the modern-day magic of computer digitization.On Sunday, March 25, […]

  • Screening of Ausangate Film & talk

    Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    It is based on anthropological research conducted over twenty years and reveals how the weavers make textiles encoded with symbolic images that reinforce ancestral beliefs during rituals and in everyday life. A question and answer session with the Director follows the film. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Folk Art of the Andes»

  • Books Books and More Books!! We need books!! Annual Book Sale to Support the Library and Archives

    New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    This is the 6th year of the sale and the funds are well used to support our library and archives!We thank you for your continued support.Donations will be accepted at our front desk through June 13.  If you cannot deliver the items, call 476-5069 and we may be able to arrange to help with pick […]

  • Waterscapes: Photographs from the Collection

    New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Water, its scarcity or abundance and our relation to this substance which sustains life, is the theme of this photography exhibition. Waterscapes follows on last year’s exhibition of cloud photographs, both drawn from the New Mexico Museum of Art’s permanent collection by Curator of Photography Katherine Ware. The exhibition remains open through August 26, 2012. […]

  • Early Friday evening closing

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

    The New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors will close at 5 pm on Friday, April 7. We will return to our free Friday nights, 5-8 pm, next week.