• Segesser Hide Paintings

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States
  • Segesser Hide Paintings

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

    Though the source of the Segesser Hide Paintings is obscure, their significance cannot be clearer: the hides are rare examples of the earliest known depictions of colonial life in the United States. Moreover, the tanned and smoothed hides carry the very faces of men whose descendants live in New Mexico today. Perhaps both paintings illustrate […]

  • Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción

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

    The exhibition contains bultos, retablos, and crucifijos, dating from the late 1700s to 1900. They demonstrate how European stylistic traditions and iconography were combined with new palettes, different styles, and distinctive regional decorative designs that transformed New Mexican santo making into a unique hybrid. Highlighting the exhibit will be esoteric pieces such as the Crucifixion […]

  • Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción

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

    The exhibition contains bultos, retablos, and crucifijos, dating from the late 1700s to 1900. They demonstrate how European stylistic traditions and iconography were combined with new palettes, different styles, and distinctive regional decorative designs that transformed New Mexican santo making into a unique hybrid. Highlighting the exhibit will be esoteric pieces such as the Crucifixion […]

  • Gala Opening Preview

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

    Take a look around three floors of fascinating New Mexico historyTake a whirl through interactive museum displaysTake in a short action-packed film about Kit CarsonTake us up on champagne, spirits and delectable appetizersTake a stroll to the rooftop terrace and see the stars over Santa FeTake time to listen to music evocative of our rich […]

  • New Mexico History Museum Public Opening At the New Mexico History Museum

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

    Be a part of history by joining the state's newest museum -- the New Mexico History Museum -- on its first day of service to the public. Located on Lincoln Avenue just behind the Palace of the Governors on the Santa Fe Plaza, the Museum offers an introduction to more than four centuries of human […]

  • New Mexico History Museum Family Day A Day of Free, Fun Activities

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

    Wind up your Memorial Day weekend with a day of free, family fun, courtesy of the New Mexico History Museum. Events below are SUBJECT TO CHANGE -- but guaranteed to entertain. Here's the current schedule: 10am-5pm: Free admission to the History Museum and its exhibits.10am: Interfaith service at St. Francis Cathedral.11am: Procession from the Cathedral […]

  • Folklorist Nasario Garcia on Roots of the Rio Puerco Valley Lecture and booksigning for

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

    Author, poet, linguist, and oral historian Nasario García turns to his childhood home, the Río Puerco Valley southeast of Chaco Canyon in northern New Mexico, for the setting of The Naked Rainbow and Other Stories (University of New Mexico Press), a collection of fictional short stories. The tales are based on García's personal experiences or […]

  • A History of the Ancient Southwest Lecture and booksigning

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

    Dr. Stephen Lekson, a curator and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, received his doctorate in anthropology from the University of New Mexico. He has more than 25 years of experience in Southwestern archaeology, with field research in Chaco Canyon, the Mesa Verde region, the Rio Grande, the Mimbres area, and the […]

  • Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the Crypto-Jews Lecture and booksigning

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

    Seth D. Kunin, Vice Chancellor and Head of Faculty for Britain's Durham University, will speak on his new book, Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the Crypto-Jews in the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium. For the past 13 years, Dr. Kunin has done ethnographic research among the crypto-Jews of New Mexico. He has published a […]

  • Santa Fe Living Treasures Book-signing event

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

    The new Santa Fe Living Treasures -- Our Elders, Our Hearts, Vol. II, 1994-2008 will debut at a free book-signing in the Palace Courtyard. Join past and present recipients of the "treasures" honor, celebrating its 25th anniversary.The much-anticipated second book of Santa Fe Living Treasures will debut at a book-signing on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2-4pm […]