Imagine the story of the American West and you’re likely to see gunfighters, Indian wars and cattle barons. Where were the women? Everywhere, it turns out. This summer, the New Mexico History Museum begins filling in the historical gaps with four exhibitions focused on women past and present: (Click on the name of each exhibit […]
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Ernest Thompson Seton spent much of his life working to connect people — and especially young people — with nature. As part of its Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton exhibit, the New Mexico History is partnering with the Randall Davey Audubon Center and Sanctuary to do just that. On Saturday, March 26, “Birds of
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Now entering its final two months on exhibit, Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton offers plenty of opportunities to involve you and your family in free activities dedicated to connecting people with the natural world. Tour the ruins of Seton Castle. Join Audubon experts for an urban bird hike in the "wilds" of downtown Santa
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(Santa Fe, NM—March 1, 2011)—Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter, pioneers in landscape photography, were working at a time when a greater awareness and growing concern for the environment was emerging. These two men whose love for their subject, so breathtakingly captured in their work, were sympathetic to the nascent environmental movement and allowed their art
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A colonial governor’s wife faces the Inquisition. A World War II kamikaze plane attacks the USS New Mexico. The New Mexico History Museum and PBS station KNME-TV will premiere eight documentaries featuring such scenes from its Moments in Time series at 2 pm, Sunday, March 20, in the History Museum Auditorium. The event is free,
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On March 5, 2007, a car bomb exploded on Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 30 people and wounding more than 100. For centuries, Al-Mutanabbi Street was the center of Baghdad bookselling, the heart and soul of Baghdad’s literary and intellectual community. From its wreckage came the Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition, which sent out a call
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Creative Spark: The Life and Art of Tony Da (Santa Fe, NM – February 3, 2011)—Creative Spark: The Life and Art of Tony Da is the artist’s first comprehensive museum retrospective. On view will be the largest group of Da’s paintings and pottery ever gathered in one place. Spanning the 1950s to the 1980s, the
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Conserving Public Art; The New Deal Artworks of Gene Kloss and B.J.O. Nordfeldt (Santa Fe, NM – January 31, 2011)—Public art produced with federal support during the Great Depression represents an important component of the New Mexico Museum of Art’s collection. The federal government still owns these works, but the museum is responsible for their
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Cloudscapes: Photographs from the Collection New Exhibit Celebrates the Wonder of Looking Up Santa Fe, NM (Jan. 7, 2011) – A new exhibition of photographic luminaries invites visitors to lose themselves in a variety of cloud formations, from fluffy to enticing to intriguing to menacing. Cloudscapes: Photographs from the Collection, opening Feb. 4, features work
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Spend a weekend exploring the life of Mary Jane Colter, the brilliant architect and designer whose work for the Fred Harvey Co. left a lasting legacy of what became known worldwide as Southwest style. Begin with a reception April 1 at La Fonda on the Plaza, where Colter’s designs still define an authentic Santa Fe
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