• Open on Labor Day

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

    You bet, we’re open our regular working hours today, 10 am to 5 pm. Bring your out-of-town guests and introduce them to New Mexico history!

  • Community-in-Residence at the Santa Fe Opera An Alzheimer’s Poetry Project event

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

    People with memory illnesses, their loved ones and care partners are invited to participate in this free, fun-filled hour creating poetry set to music inspired by the stories, costumes, and grounds of The Santa Fe Opera. To participate, contact alysha@aloveoflearning.org, or call 505-913-2186. Community-in-Residence (CIR) is a series of free art events for all elders, […]

  • CANCELED: Islands in the Sky: Photographers View the Llano Estacado Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture

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

    WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL THIS EVENT AND HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT IN THE FUTURE. Bill Tydeman speaks on “Islands in the Sky: Photographers View the Llano Estacado,” part of the 2015 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors. Tydeman is a […]

  • How Lithography Shaped Our Memory of the Civil War An exclusive event for Los Compadres and the Palace Guard

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

    Join Curator and Palace Press Director Tom Leech at the Landfall Press to see the fabulous Marinoni Voirin printing press (c.1860) in action. And we do mean action! Master lithographers Jack Lemon and Steve Campbell will produce prints from a litho stone bearing an historic image of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. While Landfall Press is one […]

  • Teacher Resource Fair

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

    Teachers: Enjoy a free opportunity to learn how community organizations can amp up your offerings in the classroom and on field trips. The Teacher Resource Fair is offered through a partnership by the New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors and the Santa Fe Community Educators Network, made up of education directors from local nonprofits […]

  • Empire and Liberty: The Civil War in the West

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

    Author and historian Virginia Scharff leads a panel discussion featuring Carolyn Brucken, curator at the Autry Museum; Durwood Ball, editor of the New Mexico Historical Review; and Jennifer Denetdale, a professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Part of the programming series for the museum’s exhibit, Fading Memories: Echoes of the Civil […]

  • Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey A Hispanic Heritage Month event

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

    See a screening of a new American Masters documentary about a Mexican American born and raised in segregated Mesa, Arizona, who became an extraordinary international photographer. Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey program uses Guerrero’s words and images to explore his collaborations with three of the most iconic American artists of the 20th century: architect […]

  • Historical Downtown Walking Tours

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

    Ever wonder why there’s an obelisk in the middle of the Santa Fe Plaza? Have you noticed the gargoyles on top of the Catron Building? Where was the gambling hall? Which tucked-away building held a Manhattan Project secret? Find out by taking a Downtown Walking Tour led by New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors […]

  • Make a Hot-Air Balloon Trading Card

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

    During the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, learn about the art trading cards made and shared by hot-air balloonists, then make one of your own. This all-ages, drop-in workshop is a Free First Friday Evening event.

  • Straw applique workshop

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

    Try your hand at transforming strips and pieces of straw and corn husks into beautiful designs on a take-home box. A family-friendly drop-in event, part of the exhibit Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World. Free with admission. Sundays free to NM residents; children 16 and under free daily.  

  • Harvey Houses of New Mexico: Historic Hospitality from Raton to Deming Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture

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

    Rosa Latimer speaks on “Harvey Houses of New Mexico: Historic Hospitality from Raton to Deming,” part of the 2015 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series in the Meem Community Room. Enter for free through the History Museum’s Washington Avenue doors. Latimer, a writer, bookstore owner, playwright and photographer in Post, Texas, has written two Arcadia Publishing […]

  • Chimayo and Cordova A Palace Guard event

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

    Immerse yourself in the traditional crafts of Northern New Mexico. After a visit to El Santuario de Chimayo, learn about the history of the Rio Grande-style weaving tradition at the shop and studio of a local artisan. We’ll have lunch at Rancho de Chimayo, then visit the Cordova studios of some of the region’s best-known […]