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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 guides. […]

As part of the exhibit, Cowboys Real and Imagined, we'll feature a series of free showings of classic cowboy movies. At 6 pm on Friday, April 26, enjoy two Tom Mix flicks, Ranch Life in the Great Southwest (1910) and the short Local Color (1915), introduced by journalist and film critic Jon Bowman. A free […]

Check out the handmade creations of people devoted to the beauty of books at the Santa Fe Book Arts Group's "Celebration of the Book" Thursday, May 2, through Saturday, May 4, 10am to 4 pm, in the History Museum's Meem Community Room. Approximately 100 one-of-a-kind books will be on display, including rubber-band books, popup cards, […]

Enjoy a lively presentation by Emmy Award-winning costume designer and historian Cathy Smith, "I See By Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Clothing," at 2 pm on Sunday, May 5, in the History Museum Auditorium. Smith's presentation is part of the exhibit, Cowboys Real and Imagined. Free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents). Smith has presented […]

Join Anna Cabrera at noon on Wednesday, May 15, for “Becoming St. Kate: St. Catherine Indian School and St. Katharine Drexel,” part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Cabrera is a doctoral student in anthropology at the University of New Mexico. The lectures are free and are held in the Meem Community Room; enter […]

Author, painter, and raconteur Max Evans is joined by Jim Harris, director of the Lea County Museum, to talk about his storied career, including the making of movies from his works, at 6 pm on Friday, May 17. After jawin’ about the cowboy life, the two will introduce a special showing of The Hi-Lo Country […]

Even pressmen take a holiday. The Palace Press will be closed June 14--19. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you'll enjoy the rest of the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors in the meantime.

Celebrate Dad’s special day the Cowboys Real and Imagined way. Bring him to the New Mexico History Museum on Sunday, June 16, from 1—3 pm, for these special events: Meet the Royal Court of Rodeo de Santa Fe in the first-floor lobby. The queen and princess will sign autographs and offer information about the 64th […]

Join Toni Gibson and Sharon Snyder at noon on Wednesday, June 19, for “The Manhattan Project in Los Alamos: An Eyewitness Perspective,” part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Gibson, of Grosse Pointe, Mich., is the author of Los Alamos: 1944-1947 (Arcadia Publishing, 2005), and, with Snyder, co-author of Los Alamos and the Pajarito […]

In the hallowed tradition of campfire tales and cowboy poetry, the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project holds a special session at the New Mexico History Museum on Friday, June 21, 10–11 am. People living with dementia, their family members and the general public are invited to participate in performing and creating poetry inspired by the new exhibit […]

Las Vegas translates as “The Meadows.” The name refers to the series of spacious grasslands fanning out from the slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Range where the mountains form the western terminus of the Great Plains. This fine location allowed Las Vegas, situated as it was on the Santa Fe Trail and with the […]

The high plains and creek-carved canyons of eastern New Mexico have drawn cowboys for enough decades to build a mystique of their own. Join Los Compadres del Palacio, a support group of the New Mexico History Museum, in a salute to eastern New Mexico ranching on Sunday, June 23, from 1:30-4 pm. Take a guided […]