Following World War I, the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) was established to enhance the overseas military cemeteries for the fallen and to erect memorials to the combat accomplishments of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). In 1925 ABMC retained Paul Philippe Cret as their consulting architect. He subsequently guided every aspect of their ambitious construction […]
Generally understood as simply a night scene, the term nocturne refers to the quality of light in a painting, and can be twilight, waxing or waning light, or the darkness of night. Nocturne speaks as much to the mood of a painting as it does the quality of light. Artists use this to create narratives […]
The holiday season is right around the corner and what better gift to give friends and family than award-winning, locally produced products? For the fifth consecutive year, the New Mexico Department of Agriculture will be partnering with the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum to co-host HomeGrown: A New Mexico Food Show and Gift […]
Saturday Nov. 17 GARRISON PROGRAM HOLIDAY EDITION FORT STANTON HISTORIC SITE Create historic holiday crafts and interact with living historians to discover what life was like at a frontier fort during the holiday season.
Saturday, October 27 from 11 am to 2 pm and Saturday, November 17 from 11 am to 2 pm Bring your tax deductible donations to the Museum of International Folk Art. If you are not able to donate during these days, or have large or heavy objects, call the Folk Art Flea Hotline 505.476.1201 […]
This PBS 4-part series reaches back 15,000 years to reveal massive cities aligned to the stars, unique systems of science and spirituality, and 100 million people conneted by social networks spanning two continents. 54 minutes in length.
Curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology gather in lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. They attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They prefer to work with objects from the Southwest but are willing to take a look at […]
Notice:The New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday November 22 only. We will re-open on Friday, November 23. Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!
NASA exploration landings on Mars are always exciting events, and the next one will touchdown on November 26, 2018. The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science will host a landing party that day from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Learn about the latest mission to study the interior of Mars during a live […]
Join us for a final view of "Stepping Out: 10,000 Years of Walking the West" and a beading demonstration by the talented Nina Sanders (Crow). Having worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the School for Advanced Research, and soon - as a curator at Chicago’s Field Museum, where she’ll work on […]
Come learn about block printing and print out your own patterned wrapping paper. Custom make your own to take home! All ages welcome. NM residents free first Sunday of each month.
Aural historian and author, Jack Loeffler, will speak about his decades of experience documenting New Mexico folk music, focusing on the recently published “Spanish American Music in New Mexico, The WPA Era” for which he wrote the forward. The book is a facsimile edition of “Folk Songs, Dance Tunes, Singing Games and Guitar Arrangements” which contained […]
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