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Commemorate this last day to see Cowboys Real and Imagined with a presentation by Baldwin G. Burr, historian, author, and photo archivist at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts. Using clips from decades’ worth of Billy movies, Burr shows how social and cultural trends influenced the various portrayals of New Mexico’s most famous […]

This trip is sold out; the Museum of New Mexico Foundation can add your name to a waiting list. Join the Palace Guard for heads-up about future events (and first crack at signing up). Call 505-992-2715 ext. 4. In celebration of the closing of Cowboys Real and Imagined, join the Palace Guard for an exploration […]

Ever wonder why there’s an obelisk in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza? Have you noticed the gargoyles on top of the Catron Building? Where was the gambling hall? Which tucked-away building held a Manhattan Project secret? Find out by taking a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors […]

In honor of the Easter holiday, the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors will be closed on April 20. Please join us when we reopen at 10 am on Tuesday, April 22.

Experts on pinhole photography, the Taos Mutiny of 1855, New Mexico’s Civil War slave code and more will speak in the first half of the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, the monthly lectures are free and open to the public (and, yes, […]

Be among the first to see the stunning images in Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography and enjoy a lecture and book signing by guest curators Nancy Spencer and Eric Renner, "Passion, Light and Pinhole Photography," at 1 pm in the History Museum auditorium. Reception and book signing, 2 to 4 pm. Free with admission; Sundays free […]

Ever wonder why there’s an obelisk in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza? Have you noticed the gargoyles on top of the Catron Building? Where was the gambling hall? Which tucked-away building held a Manhattan Project secret? Find out by taking a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors […]

Photo Archivist Daniel Kosharek, co-curator of the new exhibit Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, leads a casual walk through the gallery at 6 pm. Enjoy the many images and inventive cameras and learn more about how this comparatively primitive process has delighted photographers for generations. The museum is free from 5 to 8 pm.

Free admission from 5 to 8 pm every Friday, May through October. Come enjoy the exhibits, special events, and head out to dinner with the money you saved.

Experts on pinhole photography, the Taos Mutiny of 1855, New Mexico’s Civil War slave code and more will speak in the first half of the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, the monthly lectures are free and open to the public (and, yes, […]

Outside of cowboy boots and a pony, what does pretty much every five year old want on their birthday? A party! And that’s just what the New Mexico History Museum is throwing on May 25. With the help of volunteers, visitors and community partners, we’ve accomplished great things since opening in 2009. How better to […]

Santa Fe Poet Laureate Jon Davis hosts the fifth of six readings he has organized in and around Santa Fe. In honor of the ongoing exhibit, Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, he brings together five notable poets for a free reading in the History Museum auditorium. Enjoy readings from Chee Brossy, Joan Logghe, Carol Moldaw, […]