Marlon Magdalena

The presence of wolves in the West and how humans relate to them were questions that Ernest Thompson Seton asked at the turn of the last century. They continue to be questions that we are still trying to answer today.  At 2 pm on Sunday, April 10, Maggie Dwire, assistant Mexican wolf recovery coordinator for […]

From Evelyn Fite Tune’s famously monogrammed cowboy boots to Fern Sawyer’s irrepressible spirit, Ranch Women of New Mexico celebrates an icon of the American West, from a female point of view. Featuring 11 women who have “cowgirled” or owned ranches in New Mexico, the exhibit represents selections from work by photographer Ann Bromberg and writer […]

Photographers Greg Mac Gregor and Siegfried Halus join State Historian Rick Hendricks and History Museum Director Frances Levine for a lecture and slide show about the 1776 Dominguez and Escalante Expedition at 2 pm, Sunday, April 17, in the History Museum Auditorium. MacGregor and Halus will sign copies of their new book In Search of […]

In order to accommodate the completion of improvements to Seton Castle and the new Ernest Thompson Seton Gallery, this tour is being moved from April 9 to April 23. Join Seton Collection curator David L. Witt and Academy for the Love of Learning staff, on a guided tour of Seton Castle and Seton Village, south […]

Award-winning graphic artist David Lance Goines, whose work includes posters for Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse restaurant and the Ravenswood Wine labels, speaks at 2 pm, Saturday, April 23, in the History Museum Auditorium, on “A Life in Posters.” The lecture is presented by the Press at the Palace of the Governors, Fisher Press and the […]

The New Mexico History Museum will be closed on Sunday, April 24, for Easter observances. We will reopen at 10 am on Tuesday, April 26.

Noted author William deBuys speaks on "Growing Up with Uncle Ernest's Wildlife Stories" in the History Museum Auditorium, part of the Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton exhibit. The event is free. Originally scheduled for March 31, the event will now be held at 6 pm on Friday, April 29.An avid environmentalist and the author […]

Join Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton guest curator David L. Witt for a talk on "Woodmyth & Fable: A Look Back at an Artist-Naturalist." The event, to be held in the History Museum Auditorium, is free with museum admission; Sundays are free to NM residents.A lifelong naturalist, Witt is curator of the Seton collection […]

Contributors to The Return of the River: Writers, Scholars, and Citizens Speak on Behalf of the Santa Fe River, edited by A. Kyce Bello and recently published by Sunstone Press, will celebrate the book’s release and its namesake river in a reading on Friday, May 6, from 5:30 to 7 pm in the History Museum […]

The Palace Press will be closed on Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14, reopening on Tuesday, May 17. The rest of the History Museum complex will be open those days.

Join speakers, dancers and poet Doris Fields for the kickoff of "New Mexico's African American Legacy: Visible, Vital, Valuable." The event is free with admission; Sundays free to NM residents and children 16 and under. Reception hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Since the 1860s, African Americans have been […]

Rob Dean, managing editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican, speaks on "Frontier Journalism: Oldest Paper in the Newsiest Place," on Wednesday, May 18, in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public. The oldest newspaper in the […]