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The 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, is presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, sponsors of the Santa Fe Indian Market. The films, in the History Museum Auditorium, are free. Seating is limited, and drinks and food are not permitted.The full schedule:Monday, August […]

As a special treat to New Mexicans, out-of-state visitors, and the families of artists who come to Santa Fe during Indian Market weekend, Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc., has generously offered to cover the cost of admission for visitors to the New Mexico History Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art this Saturday and Sunday, […]

From 9 am-5 pm, Aug. 20-21, take a break from Santa Fe's annual Indian Market and enjoy the shady Palace Courtyard, where artisans of the Portal Program will offer traditional Indian dances, music, handcrafted art, raffles and a Native specialties food booth. This free event, just steps away from the Santa Fe Plaza, has long […]

The 11th Annual Native Cinema Showcase, Aug. 15-21, is presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, sponsors of the Santa Fe Indian Market. The films, in the History Museum Auditorium, are free. Seating is limited, and drinks and food are not permitted.The full schedule:Monday, August […]

Take advantage of the Labor Day holiday: The state museums in Santa Fe, including the New Mexico History Museum, are open 10 am to 5 pm on Monday, Sept. 5, which marks the final open Monday of our summer schedule. Starting next week, the museums are open Tuesday-Sunday.

The four state museums in Santa Fe will be open from 10am-5pm on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, after which they will move to their winter hours, 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesday-Sunday. The switch to winter hours also marks the end of free 5-8 pm Fridays on Museum Hill for the Museum of International […]

Late in the summer of 1670, five traders crossed the Jornada del Muerto on their way to Parral, in present-day Chihuahua. One of them strayed from the group and called out to his companions that he had found human remains. One of the men declared they were the remains of Bernardo Gruber, a German merchant […]

The New Mexico History Museum will close at 5 pm, rather than 8 pm, on Friday, Sept. 9. We'll re-open at 10 am on Saturday, Sept. 10, and will have free admission for everyone throughout the weekend, courtesy of the Peters Family Art Foundation.

Whether you’re from New Mexico or out-of-state, you can visit the New Mexico History Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art for free on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 11, thanks to the generous support of the Gerald Peters Gallery and the Peters Family Art Foundation. The free weekend falls during Fiesta de Santa […]

Join Dr. Andrew Leo Lovato in the Palace Courtyard at 11 am on Saturday, Sept. 10, as he reads from his new Museum of New Mexico Press book, Elvis Romero and Fiesta de Santa Fe, featuring "Zozobra's Great Escape."  The event includes music, refreshments and a book signing, courtesy of Museum of New Mexico Press. […]

Home Lands: How Women Made the West packs its bags and heads home to the Autry National Center after Sunday, Sept. 11. Be sure to enjoy this exhibition, which focuses on women's roles in shaping northern New Mexico, Colorado's Front Range, and the Puget Sound. In the museum's second-floor Changing Exhibitions Gallery.

Join poet John Brandi for a special evening at the opening of a new exhibition, From a Distant Road, in the John Gaw Meem Room of the New Mexico History Museum. At 6 pm on Friday, Sept. 16, Brandi will speak on “Haiku Painting: The History of Haiga,” and read haiku from his new book, […]