Friends of History Lecture Series (Online) Chile Peppers: A Global History

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

For more than ten thousand years, humans have been fascinated by a seemingly innocuous plant with bright-colored fruits that bite back when bitten. Ancient New World cultures from Mexico to South America combined these pungent pods with every conceivable meat and vegetable, as evident from archaeological finds, Indian artifacts, botanical observations, and studies of the […]

Lamb Birthday Party

Los Luceros Historic Site 253 County Road 41, Alcalde, NM, United States

Join Los Luceros Historic Site virtually in celebrating the birthdays of two of our most popular lambs. This virtual presentation will give an overview of the lambs’ first year of life at the historic ranch and will conclude with allowing the lambs to devour their own birthday "cake".    Two lambs were born during a […]

Exploring the Taylor Collections

Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property On the Plaza, Mesilla, NM, United States

The Taylor-Mesilla Historic Property has an extraordinary collection of objects and artwork. Beginning January 12, 2020 join Collections Specialist Ivana Montenegro as she introduces a new series, Exploring the Collections. On the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month you will have an opportunity to see these special objects and explore their stories. The episodes can be found […]

Free Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art

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

The Museum is currently closed due to COVID-19 precautions, please visit our online resources page for online exhibits, experiences and recources http://moifa.org/visit/online.html  About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/   Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and […]

Feels Good Man: Livestream and Q&A

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

The New Mexico Museum of Art (NMMOA) and Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), in collaboration with the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of New Mexico, are proud to present an online screening of the documentary film “Feels Good Man” at 5:30 p.m. MST on Friday, January 29. Winner of the 2020 Sundance Film […]

Friends of History Lecture Series (Online) The Smallpox Pandemic of 1779-84

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

The talk will trace the spread of the great smallpox epidemic that broke out in Mexico in 1779, traveled north to New Mexico, was transmitted from tribe to tribe across the American West, and reached eastern Canada by 1784. We will discuss its impact on Indian country and the multiple Native American communities it struck, and […]

Free Virtual Family Mornings at Folk Art

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

The Museum is currently closed due to COVID-19 precautions, please visit our online resources page for online exhibits, experiences and recources http://moifa.org/visit/online.html  About the Museum of International Folk Art: http://www.internationalfolkart.org/   Founded in 1953 by Florence Dibell Bartlett, the Museum of International Folk Art’s mission is to foster understanding of the traditional arts to illuminate human creativity and […]

Música Buena: Canciones de Amor/Songs of Love Traditional genres of centuries old New Mexican music

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

Join State Historian Rob Martinez as he mines the rich music traditions of New Mexico to present romantic music through the centuries. New Mexican, Mexican, Spanish, American and other music forms will be explored, with voice and guitar. Inditas and other folk traditions will show the deep and universal themes of love lost and found, romance […]

Rebecca’s Recipes: Sourdough

Los Luceros Historic Site 253 County Road 41, Alcalde, NM, United States

In 2020, with a large amount of the world’s population quarantined to their homes, an unexpected ancient tradition found its way into pop culture. It seems like everyone with a kitchen was learning the art of making sourdough bread. Join Ranger Rebecca as she explores the multicultural history of sourdough and traces its long journey […]

Acequias, Mayordoms and Other Norteño Traditions

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

Please join us for the second talk in our Speaking of Traditions Virtual Winter Lecture Series, exploring the often overlooked connection and interplay between history, the environment and the resulting cultural landscapes that preserve our heritage. Tune in with New Mexico farmer and author, Stanley Crawford as he presents "Acequias, Mayordoms and Other Norteño Traditions," […]

Friends of History Lecture Series Royal A. Prentice: Pioneer Archaeologist in Eastern New Mexico

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

Richard Ford, Allison Colborne, and Gary Hein have undertaken a study of Royal A. Prentice,  an early  volunteer who contributed valuable archaeological information to the Museum of New Mexico in the first three decades of the 20th century.  Although he published several useful research papers during those years in El Palacio, the quarterly magazine of the Museum of New Mexico, Prentice remains generally unknown […]

The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery

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

The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery exhibits nearly 300 vessels created by outstanding ceramic artists of the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona, from the inception of pottery-making in the Southwest up to the present. A study center for serious scholars, collectors, and visitors to the region, the gallery opened in 1997 through the generous […]

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