• Union Latina event: Celebrating Cultural Connections A Santa Fe 400th Conversation

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    The city of Santa Fe, in partnership with the History Museum, Union Latina and Fundacion Consejo Espano-Estado Unidos, continues its community conversations at the Santa Fe Convention Center, with speakers including Spanish Ambassador Jose Luis Dicenta; Mexican Acting Consul Daniel Dominguez; Spanish Ambassador Eduardo Garrigues; and Santa Fe Historian Jose Garcia, among others. The schedule:9-11 […]

  • A Spirited Reading Santa Fe Poets Gather at the History Museum

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Join a gathering of some of the Southwest’s finest poets for an eve-of-Halloween reading, along with a display of poetry broadsides produced by the Palace Press, 6-7:30 pm, Friday, Oct. 29, in the John Gaw Meem Room of the New Mexico History Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave. The event, “A Spirited Reading,” is free, but be […]

  • Finding New Mexico in The Threads of Memory The Threads of Memory Lecture Series

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    When Jerry Gurulé and Enrique Lamadrid were translating centuries-old Spanish documents for the book accompanying The Threads of Memory: Spain and the United States, they became fascinated by the pieces that related directly to their home state of New Mexico. “Is this the opposite of `exotic’?” asked Lamadrid. “I think so.” He and Gurulé will […]

  • For the Love of Paper: a paper-making demonstration The Threads of Memory Lecture Series

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    To record their lives and discoveries, Spanish explorers first needed something to write on. Palace Press Curator Tom Leech will discuss the finer points of historical papermaking at a lecture and demonstration on Saturday, Nov. 6, from 2-3:30 pm in the museum’s Learning Center and the exhibit space of The Threads of Memory: Spain and […]

  • An Afternoon with Pedro Menendez The Threads of Memory Lecture Series

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Join New York actor Chaz Mena for a Chautauqua performance as Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spanish Florida’s first governor, at 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 7, in the History Museum Auditorium. Part of the Threads of Memory Lecture Series, this event is free with museum admission (Sundays free to NM residents). Mena is a New York-based […]

  • Veterans’ Day New Mexico History Museum Open

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Learn more about the roles New Mexicans played in World War II by visiting the History Museum on Thursday, Nov. 11, a state holiday. The museum will be open 10 am to 5 pm. In the permanent exhibit, "Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now," we have photographs, artifacts and interactives that cover everything […]

  • Mapmaking, Medicine and More: Scientists in New Spain The Threads of Memory Lecture Series

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Spanish exploration couldn’t have happened without the help of navigators, cartographers, geologists, naturalists and other scientists. Learn about their explorations into medicinal plants (including the tequila-producing agave), ore-bearing rocks and more when California historian Iris H.W. Engstrand speaks on “Scientists in New Spain: 18th-Century Expeditions” at 6 pm Friday, Nov. 12 in the History Museum […]

  • Storyteller Joe Hayes A Wild at Heart event

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    One of America's premier storytellers, nationally recognized Joe Hayes will share tales of American Indian, Hispanic and Anglo cultures in the exhibit space of Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton. Free with museum admission (children are always free).A bilingual author and teller of tales, Hayes lives in New Mexico and is something of a Southwestern […]

  • Murder, Martyrdom and the Struggle for Florida The Threads of Memory Lecture Series

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Dr. J. Michael Francis speaks on “Murder, Martyrdom, and the Struggle for La Florida: Rethinking Spanish Florida’s Mission History, 1565-1606,” at 2 pm, Sunday, Nov. 21, the next event in the Threads of Memory Lecture series. (Free with museum admission; Sundays free to NM residents.) Francis's talk will introduce audiences to the remarkable, yet relatively […]

  • Enjoy Your Holiday History Museum Closed for Thanksgiving

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    The New Mexico History Museum will be closed Thursday, Nov. 25, for the Thanksgiving holiday. We're back open 10 am to 5 pm on Friday, Nov. 26.

  • Bring the Family! New Mexico History Museum Open – Closing Early

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Following the Thanksgiving holiday, the History Museum re-opens at 10 am Friday, Nov. 26. Bring your out-of-state family and friends to learn more about the Land of Enchantment. (Note: Though we're usually open for free 5-8 pm on Fridays, we're closing at 5 pm this Friday to give our wonderful staff time with their out-of-state […]

  • A Pressman’s Holiday Palace Press Closed for Thanksgiving

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    The Palace Press will be closed Friday and Saturday, Nov. 26 and 27, while our hardy pressmen take a well-deserved break. The exhibit re-opens on Sunday, Nov. 28 from 10 am to 5 pm.