Be a part of history by joining the state's newest museum -- the New Mexico History Museum -- on its first day of service to the public. Located on Lincoln Avenue just behind the Palace of the Governors on the Santa Fe Plaza, the Museum offers an introduction to more than four centuries of human […]
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND Friday, May 22, Saturday May 23, and Sunday, May 24 Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival Celebrate the work of more than 180 artists—classic to contemporary, emerging to established—and support the programs at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture at the Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival at the Santa Fe Convention Center. […]
Life’s passages carry layers of meaning and memory – the foods we eat, the songs we sing, the clothes we wear. The ways in which our predecessors chose to clothe themselves – for a baptism, a prom, a war, or an opera opening – have been collected by the New Mexico History Museum for 100 […]
Wind up your Memorial Day weekend with a day of free, family fun, courtesy of the New Mexico History Museum. Events below are SUBJECT TO CHANGE -- but guaranteed to entertain. Here's the current schedule: 10am-5pm: Free admission to the History Museum and its exhibits.10am: Interfaith service at St. Francis Cathedral.11am: Procession from the Cathedral […]
Seeing in a New Way - Shocking and rebellious, the Impressionists painted out in the open air, and used their paints in new ways to show nuances of changing light. Explore at the Museum more than 65 Impressionist works (ca. 1880-1920) from the renowned Phillips Collection, as it tours the country. Celebrated American artists including […]
Seeing in a New Way - Shocking and rebellious, the Impressionists painted out in the open air, and used their paints in new ways to show nuances of changing light. Explore at the Museum more than 65 Impressionist works (ca. 1880-1920) from the renowned Phillips Collection, as it tours the country. Celebrated American artists including […]
Free-Admission Friday Night.Refreshments served by the Women's Board of the Museum of New Mexico.
Come for a conversation about contemporary photography with Kate Ware, Charlotte Cotton, and Darius Himes.Sunday, June 7, 11:00 a.m. St. Francis Auditorium, NM Museum of Art 107 W. Palace Avenue
Sunday Adventures in Outdoor Painting Part One: Sunday Painting Classes - Hands on painting instruction en plein air on location in downtown Santa Fe, with Lee Rommel. Classes begin at the museum with a viewing of the exhibition at 2:00 and continue from 3:00 to 5:00 on location around downtown Santa Fe. Each class is […]
In 1951, the U.S. Supreme Court, with its "Dixon Decision," bitterly divided the small rural community in northern New Mexico. A group of Protestants, led by a Presbyterian, had formed a school committee and in 1947 brought suit in state court against the Board of Education. Its concern: Catholic nuns wearing habits were teaching religion […]
10am-2pm Free Drop-In Hands-On Workshops for All Ages. Picnic area on Milner Plaza, inside classroom if it rains. Groups of 6 or more please call to reserve a place and guarantee free admission to the museum. Info: 505-476-1272.
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 unidentified treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They prefer to work with objects from the Southwest but […]
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