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In order to prepare for Las Posadas, we'll close both the New Mexico History Museum and the Palace of the Governors at 3 pm on Sunday, Dec. 11. Join us on the Plaza for Las Posadas, beginning at 5:30 pm.

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 […]

It’s a New Mexico icon: Native American vendors at the Palace of the Governors. See what the future of their creations holds as children and grandchildren of the Portal Artisans show off their creations -- and give you a chance to pick up some nifty Christmas presents. Come to the John Gaw Meem Room on […]

Join Adam Johnson as he speaks on “Preservation in the Early 20th Century: Edgar Lee Hewett and the Monumental Ruins of the Southwest,” at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 21, part of the Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. Lectures are held in the John Gaw Meem Room. Enter through the museum's Washington Avenue entrance. Free.An Illinois […]

The New Mexico History Museum will be closed on Sunday, Dec. 25, for Christmas. We will reopen at 10 am on Tuesday, Dec. 27.

The History Museum will be closed on Jan. 1 for New Year's Day. We re-open at 10 am on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Come join us and see some terrific exhibits.

Join New Mexico dignitaries and the U.S. Postal Service for a ceremony and first-day-of-issue sale of the Centennial stamp, designed by artist Doug West. Doors open at 10 am, with sales in the History Museum lobby until noon. The event begins at 10:30 am in the auditorium. Also that day, the museum kicks off a […]

Join Richard Melzer at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the John Gaw Meem Room for "Political Cartoons and New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood 1850-1912," the kickoff of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors. Melzer is a history professor […]

Prayer shawl (Tallit) maker Beth Surdut will be painting Hebrew letters with gold and dyes on silk in the area outside the second-floor exhibit Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape from 11 am to 1 pm on Sunday, Jan. 22. The event is free with admission (Sundays are free to NM […]

At 2 pm on Sunday, Jan. 22, renowned artists Barry Moser and John Everett Benson join forces for a lecture, “On the Weight of Words,” part of the programming series for The Saint John's Bible and Contemplative Landscape exhibits. The presentation includes excerpts from films on both artists and will be in the museum auditorium. […]

In 1999, breast cancer killed Shonnie Medina in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Medina was a vivacious Hispanic woman, a Catholic who had become a Jehovah’s Witness. But a genetic test revealed that her cancer was caused by a mutation that has followed Jewish people for 2,500 years across continents, oceans and cultures. At 2 pm […]

Join Dennis Reinhartz at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 15, for "The Graphics of Statehood: The Mapping of New Mexico," part of the 2012 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series. A free event in the John Gaw Meem Room; enter through the Washington Avenue doors.Reinhartz is professor emeritus of history and Russian at the University of Texas […]