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Award-winning author David Morrell introduces a free showing of Cowboy, the trail-driving classic of a greenhorn spurred by a dream, on Friday, Nov. 15, at 5:30 pm in the History Museum Auditorium. This Classic Cowboy Movie Night is part of the museum’s ongoing exhibit, Cowboy Real and Imagined. “Filmed near Santa Fe, Cowboy is one […]

Santa Fe’s beloved Christmas at the Palace brings the community together for a 30th-anniversary evening of hot cider, cookies, live music, piñatas, craft-making activities, a chance to operate an antique printing press and the visit of Mr. and Mrs. Claus -- all in the legendary magic of the Palace of the Governors. A free, family […]

The annual candle-lit procession of Las Posadas travels around the Santa Fe Plaza and concludes in the Palace Courtyard. This version of an old Hispanic tradition recreates Mary and Joseph’s search for a place to give birth to the Baby Jesus – and throws in a few devils for good measure. Stay for carols in the Palace […]

Experts on the early history of baseball, Mable Dodge Luhan, Edith Warner, and hippies will participate in the second half of the 2013 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, the lectures are free and open to the public (and, yes, you can bring a lunch). […]

Author and genealogist Andres Armijo kicks off the 2014 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series with "Witness to the Light: A History of Vernacular Photography in New Mexico," at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors. Armijo is the author of Becoming a […]

Award-winning author Johnny D. Boggs hosts the final Cowboy Movie Night on Friday, Jan. 17, at 5:30 pm in the History Museum Auditorium. He’ll talk briefly about the Billy Crystal movie, City Slickers, before a free showing of the filmed-in-New-Mexico flick. “Could you imagine Charles Bronson in the Jack Palance role?” Boggs asked of the […]

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, […]

Meet photographer Donald Woodman, enjoy refreshments, and see the new show, Donald Woodman: Transformed by New Mexico, from 2-4 pm on Sunday, Feb. 23. Beginning with his early years working as a research photographer at the Sacramento Peak Solar Observatory in southern New Mexico, photographer Donald Woodman honed his photographic vision first through stars and […]

Drought has descended on the Southwest for the last several years, leaving most of New Mexico’s agricultural land in conditions that demand new ways of thinking. Ranches have traditionally been one of the state’s largest industries, and that rainless sky means tough choices for people who juggle land management and environmental change. Many of them […]

Want to learn more about downtown Santa Fe history? Hear from an expert who happens to have dug up a good chunk of it. Noted archaeologist Cordelia (Dedie) Thomas Snow speaks at 9:30 am on Tuesday, March 4, in the auditorium. She’ll show historical images of old Santa Fe and reveal stories of its past. […]

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, […]

Saddle up for the last two weekends of the History Museum’s popular exhibit, Cowboys Real and Imagined, closing March 16. Besides learning about more about 400 years of cowboying in the Land of Enchantment, you can enjoy free, family-friendly activities. The schedule: Cowboy Hoedown, Sunday, March 9, 1–4 pm Dance to the western music of […]