• Making History Be Mine: A Valentines Craft Event

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

    Bring your crafting skills to make old-timey Valentines to take home or send to a sweetheart, inspired by historic cards from the museum’s collection. All ages welcome, and free with admission.

  • Docent Dialogue New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

    Join the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science on February 5, 2020, from 11:00 am to 11:30 am at 1801 Mountain Rd NW in Albuquerque. Rotating topics are related to the museum content. Presentations are approximately 20 minutes long and may include a walking tour or a classroom-style presentation. Docent Dialogue occurs every first Wednesday […]

  • Friends of History Lecture Series “China: The Aim of the Coronado Expedition”

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

    Antonio de Mendoza, the architect of the Coronado Expedition of 1539-1542, had as his main goal to complete Columbus’s project of reaching Asia, by traveling westward from Spain. Europeans of the day were sure that was possible by land from Mexico City, and information from Native Americans indicated it would take only a few months. […]

  • Subtle shades draw an opening path: the poetic work of Agnes Martin’s art

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

    Utako Shindo, Ph.D. is a Tokyo artist whose studio and research pursuits are the untranslatability of art and nuanced shadow-light as poetic medium. Her year-long project based in New Mexico traces Martins’ artistic path — scholarly and experientially. She is seeking a deeper understanding of how Martin’s abstractions embody ineffable life and express universal emotions. […]

  • Public Opening Reception: Word Play

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

    Join us for a Public Opening Reception for Word Play, on display from February 8, 2020 - September 13, 2020.  Words and pictures have a long history of playing well together, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes contradicting each other. This exhibition of more than forty works of art in a variety of mediums features images by […]

  • Word Play

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

    Words and pictures have a long history of playing well together, sometimes reinforcing and sometimes contradicting each other. This exhibition of more than forty works of art in a variety of mediums features images by artists who incorporate letters, words, and phrases into their visual creations.  Among the delights of the exhibition are photographs inspired […]

  • Valentine’s Day Extravaganza

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

    Join us for a day of Renaissance-style art! Create one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Day cards and collages. Eric Careno will get you in the mood with Renaissance music. Explore the museum on a love-themed treasure hunt, enjoy refreshments, and tour our galleries with someone you love! Free and fun for all ages! Come in Renaissance costume and […]

  • Storytime at the Museum

    Hear stories about how we can help our planet by recycling. We’ll play a game to learn how to separate items you may have thrown away before into recycling. Then, we’ll walk through the new SAYAKA GANZ - RECLAIMED CREATIONS Exhibit and make our own art creations with recycled materials! Classroom 1 at the New […]

  • Mid-Day Música Buena Concert

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

    Cipriano Vigil is a 2019 New Mexico Music Commission Platinum Music Awards honoree. He has won several other prestigious awards. These include being honored as a Living Treasure, the Governor’s Award, the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Award. Cipriano has been nominated three times for the National Heritage Award for outstanding work in maintaining […]

  • Chaco Landscapes, Sensory and Political Engagements with Place

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

    Continuing the School for Advanced Research’s 2019-2020 Creative Thought Forum series, archaeologist Ruth Van Dyke presents this year’s annual Linda S. Cordell lecture and shares insights into social, political, and sensorial relationships across the greater Chaco landscape, past and present. She explores how archaeologists can work together with Native peoples to influence the public understanding […]

  • Roaring 20’s Valentine Dance New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

    Feb 14 2020 - 6:30pm to 10:00pm Location:  NM Museum of Natural History and Science Make it a special Valentine’s date night at the museum! Join us for a roaring 20s party from 6:30 – 10:00pm. Dance with your favorite flapper in the museum atrium with our roaring animatronic Bisti Beast. Cash bar provided by Left Turn Distillery. […]